Handmade poppies will adorn a wall inside Thomastown library for the next two weeks.
The sequinned, satin, velvet, wool and beaded flowers are the handiwork of about 30 Turkish women, members of a recreation group, who have spent recent weeks with needles and thread, glue and scissors, to produce a three-dimensional mural.
Group president Nurcihan Ozturk says the mural pays tribute to lives lost on both sides during World War 1.
“This has been an emotional project,” she said. “We wanted to show the community that there are Turkish people who are living and contributing here. Anzac Day carries a lot of significance for Turkish people and we wanted to demonstrate this in an artistic way.”
Mrs Ozturk and two other group members had great uncles and grandfathers who fought for Turkey during the Great War.
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