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Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In English. 267 p., ills. th a focus on the humanitarian side of the Battle of Gallipoli. Journalist Bülent Günal compiled from 100 Vatican documents, focuses on the story of young ANZAC lieutenant and underscores the favorable attitude of the Turks for their enemies at the time of the Battle of Gallipoli. The book with a focus on the humanitarian side of the Battle of Gallipoli. Published by Kültür AS to mark the centenary of World War I, the book was inspired by the true story of a young ANZAC lieutenant and was written after secret Vatican documents were released thanks to the efforts of Rinaldo Marmara, the press secretary of Turkey's Catholic Bishops Conference and Cultural Attaché, who worked to uncover for them for three years. The book opens with historical documents that feature the correspondences between the Vatican, which was closely following the war, and its Istanbul representative, Monsieur Dolci. It then picks up momentum by featuring the family's letters to Pope Benedict XV that pleaded with him to find where lost soldiers were buried. Amid the chaos of war, Ottoman War Minister Enver Pasha paid particular attention to graves and ordered the generals to respect them, and even directly told soldiers to take care of them. Upon the request of English, French and Austrian families, the graves of dead soldiers were searched for.