The Turkish government said no cruise ships will be able to anchor within sight of the Anzac battlefields, despite claims from some operators their passengers will be able to watch the service from just off the beach.

The entire Gallipoli Peninsula will be closed and swept by Turkish soldiers to ensure no one but the 10,500 Australian and New Zealand ballot winners and official guests will gain access.

The Australian government has taken to task a Christian travel company for advertising that it is still waiting for authorities to ''finalise arrangements'' for the 2015 services on Gallipoli.

Inter Faith Travel, a Brisbane-based company, claims on its internet brochure that travellers who join its cruise, led by evangelist and former politician the Reverend Dr Gordon Moyes, ''will be in Anzac Cove to view the dawn service through the eyes of the Anzac's [sic] landing''.

In small print it advises only those who have won a ballot ticket will be able to attend the service, and further small print says other passengers will be able to watch proceedings on board their ship anchored 250 metres off the beach.

Military History Tours has a cruise arranged with News Corp newspapers, and promises: ''we will be ashore at Dawn on ANZAC Day with all onboard attending a 100th Anniversary Service''. It adds ''we cannot confirm the programme and timings at this stage. During the course of this day, we will allow time for individuals to lay wreaths etc., either at the cemetries (sic) where Services are held or at other cemeteries where you need to remember relatives or to lay a poppy or wreath …''

However, the Turkish embassy in Canberra said the only anchorage points would be at Samos Bay, about 40 kilometres north of Anzac Cove, and at Karanlik Koy.

A spokesman for the Department of Veterans Affairs said: ''For a tour operator to claim that they are waiting for confirmation from the Australian government … is wrong.''