Turkey Has a New Underwater Park

(granthshala.com) – The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism is converting shipwrecks into a marine park. Over 100 years ago the Dardanelles was part of an historic battle. After battles with the Turks and Germans during WWI some two dozen British, French and Australian ships lay at the bottom of the Aegean Sea. For the past three years Turkey’s Marmara Research Center has been conducting sonar mapping of the Strait and now have the location of all 28 wrecks. Over time they will be making these wrecks available to the public. Read More