Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum
Çanakkale Park Müzesi | |
 Nusret minelayer | |
  Çanakkele Museum | |
| Established | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 36°54′26″N 34°53′04″E / 36.90722°N 34.88444°E |
| Type | History |
| Owner | Tarsus municipality |
| Website | [1] |
Tarsus Çanakkale Park Museum is a museum in Turkey. The main exhibition of the museum is Nusret minelayer. The museum is free of charge.
Location
The museum is an 6,000 square metres (65,000 sq ft) - open air museum in
D.400 to Mersin. The auxiliary building is situated to the east of the ship.[1]Nusret
Nusret is a famous ship for her services during the
Rescue operation
In 1999 she was rescued by a group of volunteers in Mersin. But her fate was to be sold to be used as a raw material in industry.[3] Tarsus municipality decided to keep the minelayer as a commemorative of the naval victory. On 4 October 2002, she was carried to Tarsus from Mersin. Although the distance between Mersin and Tarsus is only 27 kilometres (17 mi), it took 4.5 hours to carry it. Tarsus mayor (and 2014-2019 Mersin metropolitan municipality mayor) Burhanettin Kocamaz said; "Now hero Nusret, you can sleep properly in your place Çanakkale Park, this is your place. Your destiny is changed. Tarsus and people in Tarsus owned you" during the naval victory celebrations held on 18 March 2003, on the 88th anniversary of the naval victory[4] He added that Tarsus municipality was awarded a certificate of appreciation from Turkish Naval Forces.[5]
During her usage as a cargo ship she had been modified. Thus a group of experts were sent to
Other exhibits
In the auxiliary building there are other exhibits about
Gallery
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Name plate of Nusret minelayer -
Nusret minelayer -
Seyit Onbaşı statue in Tarsus
References
