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
Kilitbahir Castle built by Mehmed II Fatih in 1452
Officers of the 27th Regiment. Left to right. front row: Major Halil Bey (Ataksor), commander of the 27th Regiment Colonel Şefik Bey (Aker), commander of the 1st battalion Major Cemal Bey. Back row: commander of the 2nd battalion Captain Mustafa Efendi, commander of the 3rd battalion Faik Efendi, commander of the Machine gun company Captain Sabri Efendi, aide-de-camps Cevdet Efendi.