Brad West – The Conversation

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April 24, 2022

For many Australians, Anzac Day has been defined by a pilgrimage to Gallipoli. Can we mark the day differently?

Brad West, University of South Australia

In finding new ways to commemorate Anzac Day, we should learn a lesson from the rise of the Gallipoli pilgrimage.

Turkish soldiers in a trench at Gallipoli. The way Turkish youth commemorate the battle tells us much about the country’s politics. Ausstralian Dept of Veterans Affairs

April 24, 2018

Gallipoli commemorations of Turkish youth tell us much about politics in Turkey

Brad West, University of South Australia and Ayhan Aktar, Istanbul Bilgi University

At Gallipoli this Anzac Day, thousands of Turkish youth will re-enact a march that stopped the Anzac advance in 1915. The march has taken on new significance in Turkey since an attempted coup in 2016.

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been a central figure in linking the Gallipoli campaign with Islamic conceptualisations of the Turkish nation. EPA

April 21, 2017

How a more divided Turkey could change the way we think about Gallipoli

Brad West, University of South Australia and Ayhan Aktar, Istanbul Bilgi University

The Gallipoli campaign has, in recent years, increasingly become part of the culture wars in Turkey associated with the rise of political Islam.

The Cu Chi tunnels may be the most popular of the ‘war tourism’ attractions in Vietnam. www.dreamtime.com

April 24, 2016

Will tourism transform the way Australians remember the Vietnam War?

Brad West, University of South Australia

Might the rise of heritage tourism and the increasing ease of international travel lead to more of Australia’s military experiences overseas being better understood?

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