Determination of Grave Locations with High Resolution Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) in War Cemeteries: Sample Study of Biga (Çanakkale) War Graves

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dc.contributor.authorYalçıner, Cahit Çağlar
dc.contributor.authorKurban, Yunus Can
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-29T05:21:16Z
dc.date.available2025-05-29T05:21:16Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe most important turning point in Turkish history of the Çanakkale War, known in English as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli, or the Battle of Çanakkale, involves many omissions in terms of historical records due to the situation facing the country at the time and the threats from both internal and external enemies. Though there is very valuable information like notes and maps left by officers in the Ottoman army (Col. Şevki Paşa etc.), due to the intense severity of the war much important information has not been transferred directly to the present day. Most probably, one of the areas with greatest omissions is the location of war grave sites (martyr’s cemeteries). The main reason for this is considered to be the excessive number of fallen soldiers or martyrs and the extreme loss of life in a very short period. In spite of these negative aspects, the locations of many war grave sites have been determined by detailed research by historians and the use of maps drawn during wartime. However, in these cemetery areas, approximate locations were defined for war graves and in line with this, areas were fenced off as war cemeteries. Using the same logic, an area close to the location used as Biga War hospital during the Çanakkale War was renovated and opened to visitors as Biga War Cemetery with gravestones in certain locations. The high-resolution, non-destructive shallow geophysical method of ground-penetrating radar (GPR) has long been used with the aim of identifying structural elements that are buried (graves, tunnels, archeological remains, etc.). In line with this, its use to research war grave sites in areas known as war cemeteries will illuminate the past and contribute to reorganizing war cemeteries according to war grave locations and providing the necessary importance and respect that war cemeteries deserve.
dc.identifier.doi10.17678/beuscitech.457745
dc.identifier.endpage89
dc.identifier.issn2146-7706
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.startpage85
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17678/beuscitech.457745
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/30532
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherBitlis Eren Üniversitesi
dc.relation.ispartofBitlis Eren University Journal of Science and Technology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_DergiPark_20250529
dc.subjectÇanakkale War
dc.subjectBiga War Grave Site
dc.subjectGround-penetrating radar (GPR)
dc.titleDetermination of Grave Locations with High Resolution Ground-penetrating Radar (GPR) in War Cemeteries: Sample Study of Biga (Çanakkale) War Graves
dc.typeResearch Article

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