Canakkale Guide

Canakkale is located on the Asian side of the Dardanelles known as the "Narrows", as it is the smallest part of the Dardanelles to something more than a kilometer on the European site is Eceabat. The Dardanelles Strait is the stretch of water that separates Europe from Asia and links the Aegean Sea in the south of the Marmara Sea in the north.

Somewhere here Alexander the Great had crossed the street on his campaign against the Persian emperor. It submitted that he had to beat the waves to show their champion comes to cross the sea.

Today, many travellers to Canakkale to visit the World War I Gallipoli battlefields, where in 1915 Mustafa Kemal, later known as Ataturk (the first president of Turkey) to defend against an invasion by the Allies (French, British, Italians, Australians and New Zealanders) soldiers. During nine months of this campaign more than 250000 soldiers lost their lives on both sides. Many of them are buried at the cemeteries of the environment. It may take up to six hours to visit the three museums and many war cemeteries. Some trenches are only 10 meters apart. Every year on 25 April in the morning twilight, the Allied and Turkish veterans commemorate the invasion.

Another hot spot is near the ancient city of Troy. Where the famous Trojan horse. Here is the place to see and feel that the people living in this country since 3000 BC! Also, Assos (Behramkale) is located 90 kilometers south of Çanakkale, make sure you visit the area, while nearby. Assos in an old historic site. The ancient city of Assos is on the hill, 235 meters above sea level and only 15 km away from Lesbos (Mytilene), Greek, Iceland. Also, you can see the bay of Edremit and Ayvalık at the top of the hill from the Temple of Athena.

Apart from the ruins of the temple, the theater, Agora, Stoa, churces and Ottoman mosque on the site. The ancient city of Assos was discovered in 1879. This ancient city was also in Homer by the famous geographer Strabo. Aristotle lived and taught in the city for 3 years. The town had changed hands by Lydia, Persia, Byzantium, and finally Ottoman Selecus.