Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia, is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsul
Eceabat, formerly Maydos, is a small town in Çanakkale Province in the Marmara region of Turkey, located on the eastern shore of the Gallipoli Peninsula, facing the Dardanelles Strait. It is the seat
Alçıtepe
…officers, they seized everything they could lay their hands on. Stripped of everything they possessed, the inhabitants in despair had to seek refuge in Madytos. During the Gallipoli campaign, the village was an objective of the first day of the landing at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915; it was never reached…
Kilitbahir Castle built by Mehmed II Fatih in 1452