Gallipoli
Americannoun
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a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
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a port in NW Turkey.
noun
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a peninsula in NW Turkey, between the Dardanelles and the Gulf of Saros: scene of a costly but unsuccessful Allied campaign in 1915
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a port in NW Turkey, at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara: historically important for its strategic position. Pop: 22 000 (latest est)
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The Gallipoli campaign, part of a British-led effort to defeat the Ottoman Empire, aimed to secure a naval route through the Dardanelles from the Mediterranean Sea to Constantinople, now Istanbul, in Turkey.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
He spent the agonising winter of 1915 trying to cling on to a toehold at Gallipoli, in an extremely difficult campaign.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023
Young colonel Mustafa Kemal - later known as Ataturk - was a commander at the Gallipoli campaign of World War One in 1915.
From Reuters • Aug. 2, 2023
Control of Gallipoli gave the Ottomans control over oceanic traffic between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
The Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey commanded the entrance to the heavily fortified Dardanelles, the narrow waterway connecting the Aegean Sea with the Black Sea and Russia beyond.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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