Atatürk Channel, also known as Atatürk Entrance is a water channel named after

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ( 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and revolutionary statesman who was the founding father of the Republic of Turkey, serving as its first President of Turkey, president from 1923 until Death an ...

and located at

King George Sound King George Sound (Mineng ) is a sound (geography), sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Named King George the Third's Sound in 1791, it was referred to as King George's Sound from 1805. The name "King George Sound" gradually came in ...

leading to

Princess Royal Harbour Princess Royal Harbour is a part of King George Sound on the South coast of Western Australia, and harbour to Albany. On its northern shore is the Port of Albany. The name ''Princess Royal'' also appears in Albany in Princess Royal Fortress ...

in Albany on the

south coast of Western Australia The south coast of Western Australia comprises the Western Australian coastline from Cape Leeuwin to Eucla. This is a distance of approximately , fronting the Great Australian Bight and the Southern Ocean. Components The Bureau of Meteorology ...

. The water channel was officially renamed in 1985 after

(1881-1938) in exchange for naming the landing beach of the

Australian and New Zealand Army Corps The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) was originally a First World War army corps of the British Empire under the command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force. It was formed in Egypt in December 1914, and operated during the ...

(ANZAC) troops during the Gallipoli campaign of

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

in 1915, as ANZAC Cove in Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder and the first president of the Republic of Turkey in 1923, fought at the Gallipoli campaign against ANZAC. Ataturk Channel is wide and deep enough to allow navigation of large ships into the Princess Royal Harbour. A life-sized standing statue of Atatürk overlooking to the channel named after him was erected in 2002. https://catalogue.slwa.wa.gov.au/record=b2117260~S2 - Library catalogue summary: Albany and Gallipoli to become sister cities. Friendship is strengthened with the gift of a statue of Kemal Ataturk, first president of the new Turkish Republic and Turkish divisional commander in 1915. It stands on the walk trail at the base of Mt Adelaide overlooking the departure point of the AIF in 1914. in ''Albany gives pride of place to Ataturk statue'' in ''Destinations'', Jan-Feb 2003, p.10-11 The memorial is accessible walking along Stirling Terrace or from the Middleton Beach.

References

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Cumhuriyet ''Cumhuriyet'' (; English: "Republic") is the oldest up-market Turkish daily newspaper. It has been described as "the most important independent public interest newspaper in contemporary Turkey". The newspaper was awarded the ''Freedom of Press ...

, title=Atatürk'ün Çanakkale Savaşı'ndaki rolü , date=18 March 2022 , language=tr , accessdate=28 October 2022 Albany, Western Australia King George Sound Princess Royal Harbour