‘My grandfather used to tell us how during ceasefire they used to throw each other cigarettes
and biscuits. Subsequently a friendship was developed between the Turks and the Anzacs. When the ceasefire
was over, the people who had exchanged gifts started to again kill each other. I think this is the critical edge!’  

Descendant: Cemal Akgun
Age: 58
Profession: Museum attendant at Ataturk’s House in Bigali, Gallipoli
Nationality: Turkish

Ancestor: Cumali (Cemali) Akgun (1885–1968)
Relationship to subject: Grandfather
Profession: Barber, farmer
Army: Ottoman Army
Post in Gallipoli: 3rd Battalion, 27th Regiment, 9th Division, Fifth Army