The Apt Turk

Perhaps the most memorable words about the Gallipoli conflict were spoken by the man who commanded the other side, namely, Kemal Attaturk:

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives... You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace. There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets to us where they lie side by side now here in this country of ours... you, the mothers, who sent their sons from faraway countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land. They have become our sons as well."

I don't think it can be put more poignantly.  The words never fail to move me.