{"id":127847,"date":"2026-08-06T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/nek-saldirisinda-sag-kurtulan-anzak-askerinin-mektubu-tarihe-isik-tutuyor"},"modified":"2026-08-06T11:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T08:15:28","slug":"nek-saldirisinda-sag-kurtulan-anzak-askerinin-mektubu-tarihe-isik-tutuyor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/nek-saldirisinda-sag-kurtulan-anzak-askerinin-mektubu-tarihe-isik-tutuyor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nek sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131nda sa\u011f kurtulan Anzak askerinin mektubu tarihe \u0131\u015f\u0131k tutuyor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victoria eyaletindeki Corryong ve Alexandra kasabalar\u0131nda marangoz olarak \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan Lionel Simpson, 24 ya\u015f\u0131ndayken, 22 Ekim 1914’te g\u00f6n\u00fcll\u00fc olarak Avustralya \u0130mparatorluk Kuvvetleri’ne (AIF) kat\u0131ld\u0131. 8. Hafif S\u00fcvari Alay\u0131’n\u0131n takviye birli\u011finde g\u00f6rev yapan Simpson, ilk olarak 13 Nisan 1915’te M\u0131s\u0131r’a g\u00f6nderildi. E\u011fitimin ard\u0131ndan alay\u0131yla birlikte, 25 Nisan \u00e7\u0131karmas\u0131n\u0131 ger\u00e7ekle\u015ftiren birlikleri takviye etmek amac\u0131yla Gelibolu Cephesi’ne sevk edildi.<\/p>\n

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Simpson, 26 May\u0131s 1915’te Gelibolu’ya ula\u015ft\u0131. A\u011fustos taarruzu \u00f6ncesinde yakla\u015f\u0131k 2 ay boyunca \u00f6n ve geri hat siperlerinde d\u00f6n\u00fc\u015f\u00fcml\u00fc g\u00f6rev yapt\u0131. Taarruz kapsam\u0131nda, Anzak cephesindeki \u00e7e\u015fitli noktalarda d\u00fczenlenen sald\u0131r\u0131larla T\u00fcrk birliklerinin dikkatinin bu b\u00f6lgeye \u00e7ekilmesi ve Suvla Koyu’na yap\u0131lacak \u0130ngiliz \u00e7\u0131karmas\u0131n\u0131n kolayla\u015ft\u0131r\u0131lmas\u0131 hedefleniyordu.<\/p>\n

Bu plan\u0131n en kritik safhalar\u0131ndan biri olan ve 7 A\u011fustos 1915 sabah\u0131 d\u00fczenlenen Nek sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131nda Simpson da ilk h\u00fccum dalgas\u0131nda yer ald\u0131. G\u00f6revi, Osmanl\u0131 dikenli tellerinin \u00fczerine at\u0131lacak uzun bir tahta kalas\u0131 ba\u015fka bir askerle birlikte ta\u015f\u0131makt\u0131. Ancak top\u00e7u bombard\u0131man\u0131 planlanandan \u00f6nce sona erince T\u00fcrk askerleri yeniden siperlerine d\u00f6nd\u00fc ve sald\u0131r\u0131y\u0131 beklemeye ba\u015flad\u0131.<\/p>\n

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Sald\u0131r\u0131 emriyle Avustralyal\u0131 askerler siperlerinden \u00e7\u0131karak T\u00fcrk siperlerine do\u011fru ko\u015ftu. Simpson, tahta kalas\u0131 ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131 arkada\u015f\u0131n\u0131n a\u011f\u0131r yaraland\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 fark etti\u011fi s\u0131rada ilk h\u00fccum dalgas\u0131n\u0131n komutan\u0131 Binba\u015f\u0131 Thomas Redford’un vurularak yere d\u00fc\u015ft\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc g\u00f6rd\u00fc. Ayn\u0131 anda kendisi de omzundan vuruldu. M\u0131s\u0131r’da tedavi g\u00f6rd\u00fckten sonra, hizmetinin geri kalan\u0131n\u0131 Orta Do\u011fu \u00e7\u00f6llerinde s\u00fcrd\u00fcren Simpson, burada \u00e7avu\u015flu\u011fa terfi etti ve \u00fcst\u00fcn cesareti nedeniyle se\u00e7kin hizmet madalyas\u0131yla \u00f6d\u00fcllendirildi.<\/p>\n

Sava\u015f sonras\u0131nda \u00fclkesine d\u00f6nen ve in\u015faat ustas\u0131 olarak \u00e7al\u0131\u015fan Simpson, 1991 y\u0131l\u0131nda, 100 ya\u015f\u0131nda hayat\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti. Gelibolu’da ya\u015fad\u0131klar\u0131ndan ise ya\u015fam\u0131 boyunca \u00e7ok nadir s\u00f6z etti.<\/p>\n

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1986 y\u0131l\u0131nda 1. D\u00fcnya Sava\u015f\u0131 gazileri \u00fczerine ara\u015ft\u0131rmalar yapan Avustralyal\u0131 yazar ve tarih\u00e7i Carl Johnson’\u0131n ar\u015fivine giren mektuplar\u0131nda Simpson, Nek sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131n\u0131n en a\u011f\u0131r anlar\u0131n\u0131 detaylar\u0131yla kayda ge\u00e7irdi. Mektubunda, ”Nek Muharebesi’nde ilk h\u00fccum dalgas\u0131ndayd\u0131m. Bu kadar a\u011f\u0131r kay\u0131plar verilmesi beni derinden \u00fczd\u00fc. Alay\u0131m\u0131z 21 subay\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti.” ifadelerine yer verdi.<\/p>\n

Simpson, daha sonraki y\u0131llarda aktard\u0131\u011f\u0131 an\u0131lar\u0131nda ise sald\u0131r\u0131n\u0131n ba\u015far\u0131s\u0131z olmas\u0131n\u0131n temel nedenini Osmanl\u0131 savunmas\u0131n\u0131n yo\u011fun ate\u015f g\u00fcc\u00fc olarak de\u011ferlendirdi.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Bizi as\u0131l mahveden \u015fey ate\u015f g\u00fcc\u00fcyd\u00fc. Kar\u015f\u0131n\u0131zda saniyede y\u00fczlerce mermi ya\u011fd\u0131ran yakla\u015f\u0131k otuz makineli t\u00fcfek vard\u0131.” s\u00f6zleriyle h\u00fccumun ba\u015flang\u0131c\u0131ndaki durumu anlatan Simpson, tahta kalas\u0131 birlikte ta\u015f\u0131d\u0131\u011f\u0131 arkada\u015f\u0131n\u0131n dizinden vuruldu\u011funu, kendisinin de omzundan yaraland\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 ancak ilerlemeye devam etti\u011fini, sald\u0131r\u0131 s\u0131ras\u0131nda \u00e7ok say\u0131da arkada\u015f\u0131n\u0131 kaybetti\u011fini kaydetti.<\/p>\n

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Simpson ayr\u0131ca, sald\u0131r\u0131ya ili\u015fkin komuta kararlar\u0131n\u0131 ele\u015ftirerek, emirlerin y\u00fczlerce askerin \u00f6l\u00fcm\u00fcne yol a\u00e7t\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc ifade etti. Ayn\u0131 h\u00fccumda karde\u015fini kaybeden bir askerin ya\u015fad\u0131\u011f\u0131 psikolojik y\u0131k\u0131m\u0131 da unutamad\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 dile getiren Simpson’\u0131n bu de\u011ferlendirmeleri, Gelibolu Muharebeleri’nin insani y\u00f6n\u00fcn\u00fc ortaya koyan en \u00e7arp\u0131c\u0131 tan\u0131kl\u0131klar aras\u0131nda yer ald\u0131.<\/p>\n

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\nEKONOM\u0130 GAZETES\u0130 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mehmet Bayer, 06 A\u011fustos (Hibya) – \u00c7anakkale Kara Sava\u015flar\u0131’n\u0131n en kanl\u0131 ve dramatik \u00e7at\u0131\u015fmalar\u0131ndan biri olarak tarihe ge\u00e7en 7 A\u011fustos 1915 tarihli Nek sald\u0131r\u0131s\u0131ndan (K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7bay\u0131r Muharebesi-Cesarettepe Taarruzu) sa\u011f kurtulan Avustralyal\u0131 asker Lionel Simpson’\u0131n kaleme ald\u0131\u011f\u0131 mektup, sald\u0131r\u0131n\u0131n deh\u015fetini ve cephede ya\u015fanan felaketi g\u00f6zler \u00f6n\u00fcne seriyor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow07ekDA:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dunya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ekonomigundemi.com.tr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}