Kumkale Tabyası (Fort No. 6)

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
Fort Kumkale in 1880's, shortly after it was constructed. (Yetkin İşcen's collection)

Fort Kumkale being still a military zone. Photograph taken from Fort Orhaniye (Fort No. 4) in 2008. Gallipoli Peninsula can be seen in the background.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

 

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