Underwater archaeology

The European Museum Forum (EMF) has nominated the southwestern province of Muğla's Bodrum Museum of Underwater Archaeology for the 2025 European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), the Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has announced.

For the first time, more than 80 artifacts from the Antikythera Shipwreck are on display at the Aikaterini Laskaridis Foundation. This is the most comprehensive temporary exhibition to date, highlighting the results of modern research conducted from 2012 to 2024. The exhibition provides detailed insights into the ship, its rigging, cargo, and the people onboard.

Türkiye has emerged as a global leader in the realm of underwater archaeology and its public presentation, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said after conducting a dive at a historical site in the Mediterranean province of Antalya.

Such shipwrecks are incredibly rare, with only two other cargo-bearing wrecks from the late Bronze Age discovered in the Mediterranean

Historical artifacts discovered during the first scientific underwater excavations in the Black Sea, carried out in Kerpe Bay, once again reveal the hidden cultural treasure of the region, known as "Kalpe" in history.

The wreck is the subject of controversy - It has both archaeological and economic value

Marine police teams have discovered a sunken ship believed to be around 1,700 years old off the coast of the northwestern province of Yalova while they were engaged in diving practice.

The World Underwater Activities Federation (CMAS) and UNESCO have recognized Türkiye's Underwater Cultural Heritage Preservation Program, which has been in place for the past five years, as a model program.

With its harbors, ancient underwater cities and shipwrecks, Türkiye is one of the richest countries in the world in the field of underwater activities.

Turkish scientist Professor Cemal Pulak announced at a recent symposium that works have been carried out to make Türkiye's underwater archaeological map and said the information cannot be shared openly due to the risk of looting.

Visitors diving at the area a sunken French warship, "Paris 2," located off the southern province of Antalya are causing damage by taking pieces from the ship as souvenirs.