The Historical Journey Continues at Near East University on the 110th anniversary of the Dardanelles (Çanakkale-Gallipoli) Victory. The Dardanelles Naval Battles Ship Collection awaits you at the Grand Library!
On the 110th anniversary of the Dardanelles Victory, Near East University continues to bring together a special collection that sheds light on history with art lovers and history enthusiasts. The “Dardanelles Naval Battles Ship Collection”, which is open to visitors at the Near East University Grand Library, brings the historical warships that wrote epics in the Dardanelles Strait to the present day with their realistic models.
The collection, which displays scale models of many historical ships from armored cruisers to destroyers, mine-laying ships to transport boats that took part in the Dardanelles Naval Battles that changed the course of history, takes its visitors on a journey through time. The collection, where Turkish, British and French ships that took part in the war are exhibited together, has no equivalent in the world in terms of its scope.
The collection exhibited at the Near East University Grand Library reveals the strategic moves of the Battle of Gallipoli on the sea front, the critical moments that changed the course of the overall war, and the stories of heroism. Reflecting the “Impenetrable” spirit of the Battle of Gallipoli, the exhibition aims to convey an important cultural heritage to both history enthusiasts and the younger generations.
Journey to Time!
You can take a journey into history with realistic 1/100 scale models of 26 ships in the collection, from the Nusret Mine Ship to the Queen Elizabeth, from Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s yacht Savarona to the Bandırma Steamer, which started the national liberation war by landing in Samsun, and with works depicting life-size sea mines and torpedoes and scenes from the war.
The dimensions of the ship models in the collection vary between 1 and 1.5 meters. The exhibition also includes the most advanced warships of the period, such as Suffren, Inflexible, Irresistible, Goliath, Lord Nelson, HMS Triumph, Charlemagne, Elizabeth, Bouvet, Ocean, which were British and French ships that tried to pass through Dardanelles but failed and destroyed.
After visiting this unique collection, you can also visit the Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts and the Cyprus Car Museum located on the Near East University Campus and see many unique works of art and many works from classic cars to ship models, from sword collections to glassware collections.
