Even Turkey, which was suffering pressure from Imperial Russia at the time, celebrated this victory as if it was its own, and Togo became a national hero there.
この海戦における勝利は、当時帝政ロシアの圧力に苦しんでいたトルコにおいても自国の勝利のように喜ばれ、東郷は同国の国民的英雄となった。