Canakkale Martyrs Monument and War Museum

The Martyrs Memorial was begun in 1954 and completed in 1958. It is in memory of those Turkish soldiers who fell in the Canakkale War of 1914-1915. The Memorial is 7.5 m. in width, 10 m. in length, and 41.70 m. in height. It rests on a four footed base.

The gallery on the ground floor of the Memorial was made the Canakkale War Museum in 1972.
At the entrance to the gallery are maps of Gallipoli Peninsular, battle plans and war photographs. Against the wall are different sized cannon balls.
The show cases in the gallery contain glass and ceramic medicine and drink bottles, and pitchers belonging to the French and English, and flasks, lead bullets, bones of shrapnel, weapons with fixed bayonets and other articles of war belonging to Turkish, French, and English soldiers.

In the center of the gallery is a group of swords and revolvers belonging to Turkish officers. There are also a group of Turkish, French and English machine guns, ammunition and rifle swords; and a collection of money taken from the Turkish dead, foreign money and name inscriptions. There is also a display of articles used in the war, such as flints, forks, spoons etc., and Turkish, French and English buttons.

On two tables at the edge of the wall are the watches of soldiers who were killed, jawbones with false and gold-filled teeth and medicines. Behind, is a large oil painting depicting the sinking of the Bovet battleship. In the showcase at the entrance are the seals and various medallions taken from the dead.

 

Camyayla Ataturk Museum

The Camyayla Ataturk Museum is in the village of Camyayla in the Canakkale sub-province of Eceabat. It was used by Ataturk as the 19th Division Headquarters during the Canakkale War. It was turned into a museum and opened to the public in 1973. The rooms of the two-story house include Ataturk's study and bedroom. The rooms contain the original furnishings, and are decorated with photographs and pictures.