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Çanakkale
The province of Canakkale lies on both sides of the
Dardanelles which connects the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean
Sea. Its shores touch both Europe (with the Gelibolu
Peninsula) and Asia (with the Biga Peninsula) and there are
ferries here between the two sides.
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The well-equipped Canakkale Marina, besides those of Karabiga,
Gelibolu, Bozcaada and Kucukkuyu, hosts the colorful yachts which
pass through the strait and make a stopover at Canakkale, to see
this historical and mythological-rich area-homeland of many widely
known legends. The province has witnessed two very important
battles in history. One of them is the mythological war of Troy,
which Homer immortalized in his Illiad. Archeological digs in Troy
(Truva) have proved that there had been nine separate periods of
settlement. (3000 BC-AD 400). Here, one can see the ruins of city
walls in addition to the Wooden Horse of Troy. The other one is
the Battle of Canakkale which took place during World War I when
Turkish troops under the command of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk
maintained the defense of the region against enemy forces and
Canakkale has taken its place in history as "Canakkale;
unpassable". To honor the 500,000 soldiers who gave their lives at
Gelibolu (Gallipoli), this peninsula has been made a national park
of remembrance. There are memorial monuments here in surroundings
of natural beauty.
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The small village of Behramkale is a lovely place, facing the Gulf of Edremit. It is founded on the site of Assos where there is the famous Temple of Athena built in the 6th-century BC. The panoramic view of the Gulf from the top of the acropolis is breathtaking and the remains of Assos, surrounding the acropolis are worth visiting.
Gokceada, the largest of the Turkish islands, and Bozcaada are also in this region and they have many camping facilities.
City, northwestern Turkey, at the mouth of Koca River (the ancient Rhodius River), on the Asian side of the Dardanelles. Originally a 15th-century Ottoman fortress called Kale-i Sultaniye, it had by the 18th century developed a reputation for its pottery, whence its name (Turkish çanak, "pot," and kale, "fortress"). The pottery industry reached its peak in the 18th and 19th centuries and has now declined; but the city has become one of the chief centres of the Turkish fish-canning industry. It is connected by steamer service with Istanbul. Because of its location controlling the Dardanelles (Turkish: Çanakkale Bogazi), less than 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at that point, Çanakkale has always been strategically important. It was damaged by British bombardment during World War I.
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TROY-Truva
Ancient Troy is famous for the legendary Trojan Horse from the
times of an equally legendary couple: Helen and Paris. The remains
of the city were excavated by Heinrich Schliemann, a German
archeologist who used Homers Iliad to locate the site, and who
also took all of the invaluable treasures he found there back to
Germany with him. Homer had immortalized Troy with his immortal
narration of the stories of King Priam, Hector, Paris and the
beautiful Helen. Excavations revealed nine separate periods
(layers) of settlement. The ruins include a temple, a theater and
foundations. Today, a recent wooden copy of the famous Trojan
Horse symbolically stands on the site to recall its legendary
original since long vanished.
The earliest - known inhabitants of the region lived in the Chalcolithic sites of Besiktepe and Kumtepe. They were followed by Trojans who lived in this land dating back from 3000 B.C. to 1200 B.C. without being influenced. After Troy had been sacked, Achaeans settled. During t he migrations across the Aegean Sea, some others came and settles. Finally, after the death of the Commander Roger De Flor, the Catalonians controlled the region but they handed it over to Turkish Beys after reaching an agreement with them.
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