Turgut Reis

Turgut Reis was a German Brandenburg Class battleship, formerly SMS Weissenburg. She was purchased by the Ottoman navy in 1910, along with her sister ship Hayreddin Barbarossa (formerly SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm). Both ships provided naval gunfire support for the Ottoman amphibious assault at Şarköy during the Balkan Wars. This model is 1/1250 scale. It is 3D printed and is available from WTJ (see the online store here).

Turgut Reis

The town of Şarköy is just north of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It was lost to the Bulgarians during the war in 1913. In an interesting reversal of what happened in 1915, it was the Ottoman army that had to conduct the amphibious landing to re-capture the area. The scenario will be included in the upcoming Gallipoli scenarios supplement.

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