Çanakkale Epic Information Centre

Çanakkale Epic Information Center (Çanakkale Destanı Tanıtım Merkezi) was put into service on June 7, 2012 in order to remember the Çanakkale Campaign, where unprecedented stories of heroism took place. Three-dimensional demonstrations are made in two of the 11 different animation halls established with advanced simulation techniques, and important parts of the Çanakkale Campaign are explained by using mobile platforms in three separate rooms. The narration is made in seven different languages (English, German, French, Russian, Japanese, Italian and Arabic) for foreign visitors. The exhibition hall consisting of two floors where materials and dioramas used in the Çanakkale Campaign are exhibited, a library where the works published about the Çanakkale Campaign are collected and a souvenir section are also located here. The center includes a section explaining the beginnings of this war, which started in 1914 due to the pre-war Ottoman state and how it was carried to the war, the story of the Nusrat Mine Ship, the Battle Plans of the Allied Powers, the three-dimensional re-enactment of the heroism of Seyid Onbasi in Rumeli Mecidiye Bastion, Land Battles plans, which are narrated on a three-dimensional map with images of wars of that period with a special technique, and animations demonstrating Mustafa Kemal's conversation with a soldier at the front. An exhibition area has been established spread over two floors where objects such as weapons, tools, equipment, personal belongings and letters used in Çanakkale Campaign are exhibited. In the exhibition hall, memories and objects from the Çanakkale Campaign are exhibited. In addition, reliefs depicting scenes from the Çanakkale Campaign decorate the exhibition walls. Çanakkale Epic Information Center is a first in the world in terms of using film and hologram together.