No one could visit Turkey and not come across Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the hero of the Turkish War of Independence (1919-23) and the…
“Lock of the Sea” Population: 600 Old name: Sestos While staying in Çanakkale it’s well worth taking the…
Population: 425 Market day: Sunday Tevfikiye is the small village beside the ruins of Troy. Most people whiz straight through it in a bus…
Setting for Homer’s Iliad Of all the hundreds of archaeological sites in Turkey, the one that is probably best-known around the world is…
Population: 5,600 Old name: Maydos Çanakkale Martyrs Memorial Day: 18 March ANZAC Day: 25 April The dusty small town of Eceabat on the…
Pottery Castle on the Dardanelles Population: 99,500 Market day: Friday Anniversaries: 18 March Çanakkale Day, 25 April…
The Northern Aegean is the stretch of coastline running between the pleasant small town of Çanakkale in the north and big, bustling İzmir,…