The Gallipoli Peninsula Historic National Park

The Gallipoli Peninsula Historic National Park
The Gallipoli Peninsula Historic National Park is the most significant park site of the city of Canakkale. The Gallipoli Peninsula is known for the war cemeteries and memorials for the Turkish and foreign soldiers killed during the Canakkale Sea and shore battles in 1915. There are graves and memorials of around 250,000 Turkish soldiers, and 250,000 from Australia, New Zealand, England and France. Thousands of people visit the war cemeteries every year. The Gallipoli Peninsula is one of the most famous sites in Turkey.

The Gelibolu National Park, with a total area of 33,000 hectares, was founded in 1973 and is on the Nations list of Parks and Protection Areas. The Gallipoli Peninsula Historic National Park is in the city of Canakkale, at the southern edge of the Gelibolu Strait, on the European shore of Dardanelles. You can see the castles, monuments, museums and the sacred places where the Canakkale battle was held within the Gelibolu National Park. Also, you can visit the recently restored Mevlevihane, Gelibolu Lighthouse, Bayrakli Dede Tomb, model of a sunken submarine and many parapets remaining from the 1st World War.

Within The Gelibolu National Park, there are also many archaeological sites and monuments, some of which date back to 4000 BC. Between the ancient sites and monuments, there are beaches, bays, an interesting variety of plant life, a salt lake and geological and geomorphologic structures. The thickly wooded hills and valleys of the area are though to have played an important role on the outcome of the war.

Today Gallipoli peninsula serves as a national park nearby Canakkale, where several war memorials and cemeteries belonging to Turks, Australians, New Zealanders, British and French reflect the drama of those days. Every April the 25th, thousands of people from those countries meet here to commemorate the Gallipoli Campaign.

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