The Istanbul Naval Museum is the most comprehensive museum of its kind in Turkey. With its extraordinarily rich and varied collection, numbering some 20,000 pieces, it is among the major museums of the world

On display in the outdoor area of Istanbul Naval Museum are objects that are large and difficult to exhibit indoors, including cannons, mines, torpedoes, anchors, inscribed stone panels, and tombstones.

Among others, on display here are the busts of prominent Turkish admirals from the 11th century onward.
(Location: Istanbul)

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