CANAKKALE EPIC PRESENTATION CENTER
Canakkale Epic Presentation Center was designed to be remembered forever in the Çanakkale Wars, where stories of heroism in Turkey were experienced, and to transmit the soul of Canakkale to new generations and to contribute to the development of this soul. It was opened to the service of our visitors on 7 June 2012 by our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
In our first center in Turkey; Three-dimensional representation is made in two of eleven different animation rooms with advanced simulation techniques. Important events of the Canakkale Wars are explained to our guests with a 63-minute screening with mobile platforms in three separate rooms. Beside that; for foreign visitors, there is a headphone narration in seven different languages (English, German, French, Russian, Japanese, Italian and Arabic).
Our facility, which has an indoor area of 8,600 square meters, has an exhibition hall consisting of two floors where materials and dioramas used in the Çanakkale Wars are exhibited. There is a library where the books published about the Çanakkale Wars are collected, mosques designed to serve two buses for men and women, and a souvenir department. The conference hall, which has a capacity of 142 people and two floors, serves our guests with the technical equipment that will allow the screening of conferences and films relating with the Canakkale Wars.
The center, which is within the body of the Canakkale Wars Gallipoli Historical Site of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, is more than being a museum with all its possibilities.
In Canakkale Epic Presentation Center; Thanks to the innovations of technology, You can witness the brightest page of the history of the Turkish Nation full of countless victories, glory and honor, where many aspirations, ambitions and ideals are confused in terms of politics. In military terms, you can witness that human power, determination and belief fight shoulder to shoulder with their hearts beating against the enemy for the same purpose without falling into hopelessness. At the same time, with this glorious epic, which is unique in the history of the world, where they defense against the latest technology equipment, you can witness to a little bit of what our Soldiers (Mehmetcik) lived and sacrificing their lives for defense their homeland.
With the Ottoman position at that time, you will be able to see Seyit Corporal, who sank the British ship Ocean by carrying the impossible to remove 215-kilo bullet with the help of Ali of Niğdeli, which changed the way of the war. You will visit our center by living every moment and the bombing to our bandage places , where our injured soldiers are treated, will keep you that moment alive.
Canakkale Epic Presentation Center serves 6 days a week starting from 08.30 every day. which is closed on Tuesdays, Canakkale Epic Presentation Center can serve 2,000-2,200 people a day and is open to visitors every day of the year, and tickets are purchased through the appointment system. Each session is for 50 people and visitors are strongly advised to make a reservation by calling the number 0286 810 00 50/51 in order to find free sessions. You must be at our center 30 minutes before your reservation.
(Source: catab.ktb.gov.tr)