Forts - European Shore
Namazgâh Tabyası (Fort No. 17)
Armament:
2 x 260 mm L/22 guns, 2 x 240 mm L/35 guns, 5 x 240 mm L/22 guns, 7 x 210 mm L/22 guns
Fort Namazgâh in 1880's, shortly after it was constructed. Note the barracks on the right still without roof. (Yetkin İşcen's collection)
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Fort Namazgâh in early 2000’s shortly before its „renovation”. Opposite (on the Asiatic shore and marked with the red arrow) is fort Anadolu Hamidiye (Fort No. 19). (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Fort's NE flank in its present shape. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Central section of thr fort. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Fort's Southern flank. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Original steps preserved at one of Southern gun emplacements. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Remnants of the original ramrods preserved at the same gun emplacement. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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One of two two-storey ammunition stores on the Southern flank. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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View on the South flank from the fort’s main shelter. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Main shelter's interior. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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Ruins of the fort’s main barracks. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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View on the fort's main gate from the barracks. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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View from the fort’s embankment toward the South entrance to the Dardanelles. (Photo: Piotr Nykiel) |
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