Shipwrecks of World War I are a seabed museum in Turkey

Turkish diver Naci Alpkan takes pictures of the items which were retrieved from the wreckage of Royal Navy battleship HMS Majestic as he visits the Gallipoli Historical Underwater Park Exhibition in Seddulbahir in Canakkale province, Turkey October 2, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

SEDDULBAHIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's newest park is an underwater museum of fourteen shipwrecks that lie beneath the waves of the Dardanelles Strait, a glimpse into the fierce battles between Ottoman and Allied forces in World War I.

Turkish photographer Savas Karakas was one of the first to board a motor boat and then dive to the seabed grave when the park opened on Saturday. There, he says, he was able to reconnect with his grandfather who fought in the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.