Çanakkale Araştırmaları Türk Yıllığı (Jan 2010)
Çanakkale Savaşlarına Sualtından Bir Bakış A Look From Underwater to The Çanakkale Warfares
Abstract
Çanakkale Naval Warfares can basically be defined as a historic moment that tells of the campaign for liberation of its country and the state of defence of a nation’s capital. The importance of all battles taken place in Çanakkale surely are not ignored in winning the war, but the attacks occured around the coastal waters of Çanakkale Strait and Gallipoli Peninsula and sinking of the opposer’s ships and submarines can be evaluated as a significant information which is a proof that the strait can not be surpassed. If the enemy naval forces could not kept down and as a result of this, their willing to arrive at østanbul had come true, the success in Gallipoli campaign was not able to obtain. That can be stated that all arrangements planned by the Entente Powers on succeeding in war are primarily about the passing the Çanakkale Strait. Since the enemy forces and submarines have been stopped with severe damage or sunk, there have achieved success in naval battles and it was accepted by all the enemy forces that the strait was impassable. In this success, the powerfull emplacements deployed on both sides of the strait and our submarines and besides the mines laid by the Minelayer Nusret had a great effect. In Naval Warfares, many battleships and submarines owned by Entente Powers were sunk in the Çanakkale Strait and not allowed to drive into the sea of Marmara. Thus, all the plans of Entente Powers aim for conquering østanbul were interrupted and their will on winning in naval battle has been obstructed.
