During the Dardanelles Battle, the first medical aid to Turkish soldiers who were wounded during the fighting and whose treatment was simple and short had been carried out in the immediate dressing stations composed of medical companies on the front as well as the temporary aid posts. The wounded, whose treatment on the front was not possible or likely to take time were transferred, after the the required treatment, to transportation hospitals at Ağadere and Akbaş wharfs by horses or on foot carts.
Akbaş was a very important hospital complex. It had different units with various functions such as facilities for intensive care and for treatment of common diseases as well as a transportation unit. Therefore it was intensely active during the Dardanelles Battle. It also had teahouses run by the Hilal-i Ahmer (Red Cresent).
1,213 soldiers became martyrs in the hospitals of Akbaş. Some became martyrs during their treatment after being wounded on the battlefield and some became martyrs, due to various illnesses which could not be treated. Names of 459 martyrs are written on vertical stones in the memorial and the names of 754 martyrs are written on the walls on both sides in relief.
The Akbaş Martyrs Memorial was renovated by OPET and gained its present appearance within the scope of 'Respect to History Project' under the protocol executed by the Çanakkale Governorship in 2013.