Fort Kumkale
This fort saw heavy fighting in the Battle of Gallipoli (1915-1916). It's armament: two 280 mm L/22 guns, two 260 mm L/22 guns, two 240 mm L/22 guns, one 210 mm L/22 gun, one 150 mm L/26 gun. The fort is still used by the Turkish army.
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: TracesOfWar.com
Nearby
Museum
- 1915 Seddulbahir Savaw Malzemeleri Gallery - Seddülbahir
- Salim Mutlu Special Warfare Memories Collection - Alcıtepe
- Çanakkale Martyrdom Hospital Museum - Alcıtepe
Point of interest
Monument
- Memorial Sergeant Yahya - Seddülbahir
- Martyrs' Memorial - Seddülbahir
- Commemorative Wall Seddülbahir - Seddülbahir
Cemetery
- Ottoman Mass Grave Fort Sedd el Bahr - Seddulbahir
- V Beach Commonwealth War Cemetery - Seddülbahir
- Grave of Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie VC CB CMG - Seddülbahir
Fortification
- Coastal Battery Orhaniye - Kumkale
- Fort Sedd el Bahr - Seddülbahir
- Turkish Trench Seddülbahir - Seddülbahir
Ship wreck
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