Work continues in the area where the TEAL Ship will be converted into a Museum

Work continues at full speed in the area where the 66-year-old TEAL Ship belonging to the University of Kyrenia, which will be transformed into a Maritime History Museum with the protocol signed between the TRNC Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the Near East Organization, will be landed in Kyrenia Port. Officialy Eroğlu Canaltay, Minister of Public Works and Transport, and Near East University Founding Rector Dr. Suat İrfan Günsel examined the ongoing works in the area where the ship museum TEAL will be disembarked in Kyrenia Harbor.

TEAL, which will be landed by opening a four-meter-deep channel to be placed in the area between the arriving passenger building and the marina at the Port of Kyrenia, will serve the country's tourism as the Maritime History Museum upon the completion of the works.

TEAL, which has trained dozens of captains as training and research ships at the Near East University and University of Kyrenia in the last 27 years, will host more than 5 thousand materials such as paintings, photographs, maritime objects, ship models, nautical maps as the Maritime History Museum. It is aimed to open the Maritime History Museum on November 15, Republic Day.

Dr. Suat İrfan Günsel: “TEAL, itself an important part of maritime history, will be a unique Maritime History Museum that brings together contemporary art and historical materials.”

Examining the ongoing works in the area where TEAL will be located in the Girne Harbor as the Maritime History Museum, together with the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Officialy Eroğlu Canaltay, Near East University Founding Rector Dr. Suat İrfan Günsel, on the other hand, emphasized that the Near East Formation museums adopt an original museology approach with an understanding that brings together historical objects with contemporary art. Dr. Günsel said, “TEAL, which is itself an important part of maritime history, will be a unique Maritime History Museum that brings together contemporary art and historical materials.”

Resimiye Eroğlu Canaltay: “The Maritime History Museum will transform Girne into a very important culture and art center with its unique features.”

Examining the ongoing works in the area where TEAL will be placed in the Girne Harbor as the Maritime History Museum, the Minister of Public Works and Transport, Resimye Eroğlu Canaltay, reminded that Cyprus is a very important tourism center with its historical and cultural riches and natural beauties, and said: This step makes a very important contribution to the identity and tourism of our country. The Maritime History Museum, founded by the Near East Organization, will also transform Girne into a very important cultural and art center with its unique features.” Minister Eroğlu Canaltay said that with the opening of the Maritime History Museum, the face of Kyrenia Harbor and its region will also change. In the presence of Suat Günsel, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Günsel Family for their contribution to the museum of our country.”