One of two 280 mm L/22 Krupp guns on fixed carriages preserved near Küçük Anafarta village on Gallipoli Peninsula. Almost the same guns (but on rotating carriages) were deployed in the Dardanelles forts.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

One of two 280/22 Krupp guns on fixed carriages preserved near Küçük Anafarta village on Gallipoli Peninsula.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

Caliber, producer and date of production marks on the barrel of a 280/22 gun near Küçük Anafarta village on Gallipoli Peninsula.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

A 280 mm L/24 Krupp gun in Fort Sarı Kaya in Istanbul on a picture from the beginning of 20th century. Similar guns (but with shorter, L/22 barrel) were deployed in the Dardanelles.

(Piotr Nykiel's collection)

A gun (presumably Corporal Seyit’s 240 mm L/35) in Fort Rumeli Mecidiye (Fort No. 13) just after March 18, 1915. Note the sandbags (to the left) covering the ripped off corner of the ammunition store.

(Piotr Nykiel's collection)

The same gun (as on te previous picture) while the shell is loaded.

(Harp Mecmuası)

The same gun with the battery commander Capt. Hilmi (on the left) and Lt. Fahri (on the right) posing in front. It is believed this gun sunk French battleship Bouvet.

(Wikipedia)

A 240 mm L/35 Krupp fortress gun brought in 2011 from Fort Yenikale in İzmir to Fort Rumeli Mecidiye in the Dardanelles. The figures (including statue of Corporal Seyit) suggest that the gun is exactly the one he operated. Although the gun is of the same type is was set up on the wrong gun emplacement (to see the right place of Seyit’s gun visit the bookmark related to Fort Rumeli Mecidiye at “Fortifications” section of this website).

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

The Ottoman inscription of Krupp factory on the barrel, including the production date of 1888.

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Beautifully preserved breech

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Two 240 mm bottom-fuse shells

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A 240 mm L/35 gun and a barrel of 150 mm L/45 naval gun from Rumeli Mesudiye Battery (Fort No. 7) exposed on Cumhuriyet Meydanı in Çanakkale.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

A 240/35 gun and a barrel of 150/45 naval gun from Rumeli Mesudiye Battery (Fort No. 7) exposed on Cumhuriyet Meydanı in Çanakkale.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

A 150 mm L/45 gun from Mesudiye battleship placed on a concrete gun emplacement in front of Fort Orhaniye (Fort No. 4) after January 1916, maybe even as late as in 1936. Exactly the same guns have been used in (Rumeli) Mesudiye Battery (Fort No. 7) during the Dardanelles Campaign.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

The same gun as on the picture above.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

The same gun as on the picture above.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

The same gun as on the picture above.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

Three 150 mm L/26 Krupp guns (most probably from Fort Merkez / Fort Sultan  at Bolayır) now exposed in the Naval Museum in Çanakkale.

One of three 150 mm L/26 Krupp guns exposed in the Naval Museum in Çanakkale.

(Photo: Piotr Nykiel)

A ready to fire 150/26 gun in Fort Kara Ağaç (Edirne Fortified Zone) after the fall of Edirne in March 1913. The same guns were deployed in the Dardanelles.

(Libraire Oltcheff, Sofia - Piotr Nykiel's collection)

Turkish written sources say about the use of the false artillery emplacements only in so-called howitzer area in the Dardanelles and at Bolayır. This photograph seems to be the only source which confirms that the false batteries existed also in the vicinity of forts, and even of those at the entrance to the Dardanelles. The emplacements shown on this picture were built several dozen meters to the East from Fort Ertuğrul (Fort No. 1). In their construction the Turks used carriages of old destroyed field guns mounted on the primitive concrete-stone-earth base. The barrels – shooting black powder cartridges – were presumably made of sewer pipes. The ruins of fort Seddülbahir and the village can be seen in the background.

(Piotr Nykiel's collection)