Open-air museum "preserves the memory" of 17th-century Turkish fortress

Turkish studio KOOP Architects has revitalised the 17th-century Ottoman Seddülbahir Fortress on the Gallipoli peninsula, creating an outline in timber that suggests how its stone ruins would have previously looked.

Located in the village of Sedd el Bahr at the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Seddülbahir Fortress was originally constructed in 1656 and suffered severe damage during world war one and during subsequent earthquakes.

The renewal project by KOOP Architects, which has...