Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Instanbul Military Museum

The Instanbul Military Museum held a lot of history. There were the weapons of armour used through the years but also large depictions of the various pivotal battles in the Ottoman Empire. I finally understood the layout of the Gallipoli battle thanks to the models.  The Mehter Military Band performance was sensational.
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Mehmet II conquered Constantinople
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Horse armour.
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China’s Great Wall built to keep Turks out.
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Mail turkish shield. Other shields from India.  Then a room with reconstruction of the military college where Ataturk attended.
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They had Canada’s Ross Rifle on display along with other famous rifles.
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Canons and mortars and machine guns and reconstruction of the hamman in the military college.
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Reconstrustion of the assassination..
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