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| Asian coast of Dardanelles |
Çanakkale is a town and seaport on the Asian coast of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. It was an Ottoman fortress called Sultaniye kalesi (Fortress of the Sultan).
This place is famous first of all because of the Persian King Xerxes who built his bridge of boats across the narrowest point of Dardanelles to land 100.000 troops on Thrace as part of his planned conquest of Europe. Xerxes' first attempt to bridge the Hellespont ended in failure when a storm destroyed the flax and papyrus bridge. Xerxes ordered the Hellespont whipped three hundred times and had fetters thrown into the water. Xerxes' second attempt to bridge the Hellespont was successful.
Alexander the Great began his eastern campaign by crossing the strait here. There were Arab and Crusader invasions in the following centuries.
You can watch my 38 high resolution photos in the Slide-show Canakkale out of my Webshot page.
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| European coast of Dardanelles |
|  | You can watch my 2 min 23 sec HD Video Canakkale HD out of my Youtube channel with Turkish pop music by Mustafa Sandal Gesmis Olisun.
You can watch my 2 min 55 sec HD Video Canakkale Dardanelles HD out of my Youtube channel with Turkish pop music by Asia Bosver Hayat Kisa.
You can watch my 2 min 23 sec HQ Video Canakkale Dardanelles slide show Part I out of my Youtube channel with Turkish pop music by Berksan - Alliahim.
You can watch my 2 min 04 sec HQ Video Canakkale slide show Part II out of my Youtube channel with Turkish pop music by Goksel Gunun Brinde.
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| | Completed pages out of my trip to Turkey in April-May of 2008:
1) Ankara,
2) Bogazkale-Hattusas-Yazilikaya,
3) Urgup,
4) Kaymakli,
5) Goreme,
6) Zelve,
7) Uchisar,
8) Navsehir Ili,
9) Konya,
10) Pamukkale,
11) Kusadasi,
12) Ephesus,
13) Selcuk,
14) Meryemana,
15) Izmir,
16) Izmir Ili,
17) Bergama,
18) Ayvalik,
19) Troy,
20) Canakkale,
21) Istanbul,
22) Istanbul Ili,
23) Turkey.
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starship Thu Nov 5, 2009 19:56 UTC
Thanks for sharing the history of Canakkale and for the photos, etc. Hope to be in Turkey once again next summer. | Trekki Sat Oct 3, 2009 08:38 UTC
Oh more history :-)) I remember Dardanelles well from geography classes :-) And I love your videos and slide shows about the ferry ride :-)) Could hop on the next boat or ferry now :-)) And sing and dance :-) | Yaqui Mon Sep 14, 2009 19:39 UTC
What a beautiful place filled with monuments and history! The Hitorical Panno's are fascinating! Thanks for the lovely tour! | mvtouring Sun Sep 6, 2009 14:21 UTC
Another great page that helped me a lot with what to expect when I get there. So excited. Thanks ;-) |
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