Gelibolu

The central theme of this paper is that the mutiny appears as a largely forgotten footnote of World War I, wrestling for attention in early 1915 with, I quote, The German declaration of a submarine blockade of the British coastline and the launch of a combined British and French naval force attack against Turkish forts in the Dardanelles.

That will be Gallipoli.

I'll add to that, in early 15, the shell crisis of ammunition shortages, which led to the ultimate collapse of the Asquith government in 1916.

The fact is, it was actually far more important than a footnote in the broader context of regional empire and global history.

But, uh, lovely to have you back on, Melissa.

I think last time we spoke you were about to head off to Turkey and do something to mark the, the, uh, Gallipoli, uh, celebrations.

Yeah.

Thanks.

I had a great trip.

Um, I swam the, uh, the Hellespont, which is you swim from the Gallipoli can- peninsula across to a place called Canakkale.

So technically it's from Europe to Asia.

It was amazing.

Allá, en Banfield, cerca de Buenos Aires, montó un negocio de tocadiscos y de radios.

Piero, Piero Antonio Franco De Benedictis, que había nacido en 1945 en Galípoli, llegó a la Argentina con tres años.

Fue seminarista y tiempo después, con letra del periodista José Cherkasky, compuso Mi viejo.

Esto le contó sobre esa canción a Jaime Bayly en Miami en 1997.

And that was about 15 years ago.

So I prepared a play, started that about 10 years ago, and it's called Winston's Gallipoli.

So it was all about Churchill and the Gallipoli campaign and the Dardanelles disaster.

And basically, I was arguing that this was largely due to Winston Churchill's bipolar disorder.

And it got so far, but when we had a play reading, I judged it was a bit turgid.

The Wikipedia article claimed Turhan Milden was born around 1997 into a powerful Turkish industrial dynasty.

It says his grandfather founded a conglomerate called Miller Holding back in 1967 in Gelibolu.

Okay, Miller Holding sounds real enough.

It's got that generic corporate ring to it.