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National Park Attractions In Canakkale

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Çanakkale is a city and seaport in Turkey, in Çanakkale Province, on the southern coast of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the town is 186,116 . The current mayor is Ülgür Gökhan . Çanakkale is the finishing point every year for an organised swim across the Hellespont from Eceabat. This event emulates the swim in 1810 by Lord Byron, who was himself emulating the legendary swim by Leander in the story of Hero and Leander. The city is the nearest major town to the site of ancient Troy. The wooden horse from the 2004 movie Troy is exhibited on the seafront.
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  • 2. Gallipoli National Park Gallipoli
    The Gallipoli peninsula is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east. Gallipoli is the Italian form of the Greek name Καλλίπολις , meaning Beautiful City, the original name of the modern town of Gelibolu. In antiquity, the peninsula was known as the Thracian Chersonese . The peninsula runs in a south-westerly direction into the Aegean Sea, between the Dardanelles , and the Gulf of Saros . In antiquity, it was protected by the Long Wall, a defensive structure built across the narrowest part of the peninsula near the ancient city of Agora. The isthmus traversed by the wall was only 36 stadia in breadth , but the length of the peninsula from this wall to its southern extremity, Cap...
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