Eastern Thrace Museums
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Located on the left side at the entrance to Alcitepe, this museum is the oldest and most comprehensive museum in the region. Salim Mutlu, the son of an immigrant family, began collecting objects related to the war in the fields and surrounding villages while working as a grocer. Over time, he transformed this passion into a museum in a corner of his grocery store and later in his home.
The museum was established to tell the history of the grapevine in these lands, a plant that best teaches humanity that civilization should not dominate nature, but rather live in harmony with it and respect it.
The Agadere Wounded Soldiers' Hospital area, located on the historic Gallipoli Peninsula, is now being re-designed as a museum by the Turkish Red Crescent, allowing visitors to learn about the conditions behind the front lines of the war.
Opened on June 7, 2012, at Kabatepe Port, the center aims to contribute to the development of the spirit of Canakkale (Gallipoli). Spanning 8,600 m², the center comprises 11 separate screening halls, a two-story War Materials Exhibition Hall, and technical infrastructure units. It presents significant moments of the Çanakkale Battles to visitors using advanced simulation techniques. Tickets are required for the 60-minute screenings in the 11 different halls. Each screening is limited to a maximum of 50 people. Visitors are advised to make reservations in advance to ensure available screenings. There is an entrance fee.
The Gallipoli Historical Underwater Park Project is a project launched to raise awareness about the Gallipoli Campaign. To this end, historically significant shipwrecks from World War I have been identified in the Dardanelles Strait and the Aegean Sea using the latest digital techniques. The project is an ongoing underwater archaeological research project aimed at helping to preserve these Gallipoli war wrecks for future generations.
The Alcitepe 1915 Trench and Red Crescent Hospital Reenactment Area allows visitors to experience the painful realities of war with details that make them feel as if they were right there. Through realistic visual displays with sound, it takes visitors on a journey back to 1915, offering an unparalleled experience, depicting events both on the front lines and behind the lines with complete realism.
Located 4.5 km north of Eceabat, on the southern slopes of Tasli Tepe, the village of Bigali and its surroundings, also known as "Camyayla" and "Bogali," served as the headquarters of the 19th Division in April 1915. The house where Mustafa Kemal Ataturk stayed as a guest during this time, later known as the "Ataturk House and Museum," has become one of the important tourist attractions in the Historical Area.
Namazgah Battery is one of the most important defensive structures positioned on either side of the Bosphorus since the time of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. Built overlooking the narrowest point of the Bosphorus, it is known that the battery was named after the soldiers who performed their Eid and Friday prayers together in its large courtyard. The structure, which suffered heavy bombardment on March 18, 1915, was restored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2006. Seeing the traces of the damage caused by cannonballs fired from Allied battleships helps to understand the events of that day. The museum located in the bonnet at the center of the battery details the history of Namazgah Battery, as well as the events before and after the victory won in the Dardanelles on March 18, 1915. War objects and everyday items belonging to soldiers from both sides can be found in the exhibition area.
Kilitbahir Castle was built by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in 1461 after the conquest of Istanbul to defend the Dardanelles and the city. With the construction of the Kilitu'l-Bahr (Kilitbahir: Key of the Sea) and Kal'a-i Sultaniyye (Cimenlik Castle) castles opposite each other at the narrowest point of the strait, Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror brought all sea passages under control.