Şehitler Çeşmesi

When the Russians held the port of Sinop, they were made with the penny of the soldiers who died in the battle.

After the groove or channel between the basins at the corners connecting the north and west facades on the ground, the base of the monument and a molding were formed, after which the cut stone row comes. There is a molding that surrounds the four facades and it is decorated with a central center and four leaves on it. At the top, small spheres were placed in each corner, and the sphere in the corner connecting the north and east facades has disappeared. The ceiling cover is domed. It is covered with zinc. Eight lath shaped elevations on the dome are noteworthy. The mirror stone on which the fountain is placed is in the middle and single. Under four rows of inscriptions, there is only date in the fifth row. On both sides of the inscription, there are bricks in oval areas surrounded by two moldings inside stylized leaves and a rose branch with 2 buds on the right. The tugra, history and inscriptions were engraved.

The fountain made with the money from the pocket of the martyrs in the war that resulted in the complete burning of the Ottoman navy in the Ottoman-Russian War of 1890.

The inscription of a well preserved fountain inscription is very beautiful. I'il add it to the photos section.

The Sinop Raid (30 November 1853) was the most important phase of the Crimean War. In this raid, the Russian Black Sea Navy dealt a heavy blow to the Ottoman navy in Sinop. The Sinop Raid has a special place as the last collision in the history of the world naval wars involving wooden sailing ships and the first collision in which explosive bullets (humbara) were used instead of shotguns. According to the rumor at the end of the war in which 2800 Turkish soldiers were martyred, this fountain was built with the mecidiyes that came out of the pockets of the martyred soldiers. However, this information is not confirmed in the inscription and historical sources.

The fountains of Şehitler, located in the east of Hacı Ömer Mosque on the Tersane Avenue in Sinop, were built on 30 November 1953 by the money from the pockets of the Turkish soldiers who were killed during the raid by Sinop. square plan The fountain made of cut stone is covered with dome.

The fountain, which was built by the benefactors of the sultan's benevolence, in order to relieve the beautiful soul of the famous martyrs who drowned and who were good enough to drink the martyr's Kevser, although the inscription was translated into today's Turkish in the Ottoman state and religion, is one of his works, which is considered to be good luck.