Neither Suvla nor Sedd-ul-Bahr—when Harp and Crescent intertwined

The animosity of both the Irish and the Turkish national movements towards their common foe found expression in their public pronouncements. By Merve Dogan Kader and Seán Patrick Smyth It is sometimes forgotten that Irish and Turkish soldiers faced each other on the battlefield during the Great War. Irish soldiers fought against the Turks not ... Read more

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