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Sakarya Martyrs Victory Monument and Museum
The monument built in the Şehitler Kaşı neighborhood of Polatlı province in the memory of martyrs of the Battle of Sakarya opened to visit on October 28 , 1973 . The Sakarya Martyrs Monument consists of the monument body , statues and the museum . The monument body begins from the hill with 915 meter altitude and rises up to up to an altitude of 970 altitude through a stairway of 420 steps . Columns located at both sides of the road symbolize the victory against superior enemy forces . The museum and reliefs portraying the victory of Turkish army are located at the end of the staired road . Photographs and documents from the Battle of Sakarya are on display at the museum .
Address : Şehitlerkaşı Tepesi- Polatlı-ANK . Phone : ( 312 ) 623 10 77 Visiting Days : Everyday Open between : 09.00 – 17.00 With the permission of the commandership of the Artillery and Missile school .
The Artillery and Missile School Museum
The Artillery and Missile School Class Museum which was established in order to reflect the social , cultural and technical development of artillery class acording to periods , to carry out scientific research about military culture values and transfer history and culture knowledge to future generations was completed in April of 1973 and opened to visitors .
The museum compased of 3 main parts namely , the museum garden , museum section and the Hall of Honor . Artilleries , howitzers , mostars used since the 16th century are on display at the museum garden . More than 70 examples of iron , cast iron , steel cannons used by the Ottoman , Turkish , Memluk , Russian , French , Austrian , Belgium , Switzerland and American armies can be seen at the garden section .
Previous uniforms worn by the artillery class , weapons , measurement tools are displayed in the museum section . War and defense tools , swords , daggers , shields , helmets from the 15th and 19th century as well as Ottoman and Greek maps and war plans used during the World War I and the War of Independence can also be seen in this section .
Address : Topçu ve Füze Okulu Komutanlığı Polatlı / ANK .
Phone : ( 312 ) 623 44 30 Visiting Days : During the week Open between : 09.00 – 17.00 ( with the permission of Commandersip )