Salt Türk Şehitliği, Jordan

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During WW1, the british army attacked Jerusalem, Amman and Al Salt. During which 300 hundred officers and soldiers from the Ottoman Army died, in 1973 they discovered a cave with their bodies. In 1995 the Turkish government established this memorial site.

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Jordan is a land steeped in history. It has been home to some of mankind's earliest settlements and villages, and relics of many of the world's great civilizations can still be seen today. As the crossroads of the Middle East, the lands of Jordan and Palestine have served as a strategic nexus connecting Asia, Africa and Europe. Thus, since the dawn of civilization, Jordan's geography has given it an important role to play as a conduit for trade and communications,

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