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Fortress Çanakkale

This Ottoman fortress was built in 1452 and expanded afterwards. It saw action during the First World War.

There is an open-air exhibition with navy weaponry from the First and Second World War outside the fortress.

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Source

  • Text: Kaj Metz
  • Photos: Lennard Bolijn (1), Radosław Botev (2), (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)