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Gallipoli

Also known as Gelibolu, Gallipoli peninsula, Thracian Chersonese

Gallipoli (Turkish Gelibolu) is a town and peninsula on the European shore of the Dardanelles in north-western Turkey, known in antiquity as the Thracian Chersonese. The Ottomans seized the town in 1354 after an earthquake damaged its walls, gaining their first lasting foothold in Europe. In 1915–1916 the peninsula was the scene of the Allied Gallipoli campaign of the First World War.

Gallipoli
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gallipoli. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gallipoli
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