April 25 is known as Anzac Day and is marked across the two southern hemisphere countries. Many from Australia and New Zealand have travelled to Turkey for the anniversary.

The official ANZAC Day 2025 festivities wrapped up with delicious libations at the morning tea at the residence of the Australian ambassador. Rudd gave welcoming remarks, followed by Banks’ remarks.

The ceremony highlighted the origins of ANZAC Day, tracing back to the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 during World War I. On that day, the ANZACs, landed on Turkey’s Dardanelles peninsula to secure ...

Kelly Barnes/AAP A shift in the 1990s According to Australian historian Graeme Davison, the number of spectators at Anzac Day parades across Australia throughout the 1980s was low, if not declining.