Istanbul

Sinop / Black Sea

Aegean Coast

1. Hagia Sophia
2. Blue Mosque
3. Shopping Istanbul
4. Plane flight
5. Bus trip
6. Istanbul Streets
7. Transportation
8. Turkish Construction

1. Black Sea coast
2. Sinop Museum
3. Walls of Sinop
4. Otel 57
   
5. Sinop Streets
6. Sinop market
7. Sinop Habor
8. Hinterland

1. Bodrum
2. Gallipoli
3. Troy
4. Ephesus
5. Pergamum

Entrance of the Sinop museum. To contact the museums official web site, go here

Greek and Latin inscribed pestals and columns are numerous in the outdoor displays.

Inscribed slabs on the porch of the museum

Ottaman Grave Markers some of the interesting grave stones

Battle of Sinop 1853

Huge Anchors about 3 meters high lying on the side. Found by Turkish trawlers

Swivel canon once part of a great Ottoman warship

The memorial to the sailors of the Turkish warships who, in 1853, were killed in the Battle of Sinop. This initiated the Crimean War. Here I am with my Dad

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