gallipoli

Gallipoli
related: ww1, anzac, turkey

[|Gallipoli] is a peninsula in northwestern Turkey, the site of the [|Gallipoli Campaign] (sometimes called the Battle of Gallipoli) in World War I.

Turkish: Gelibolu Yarımadası Greek: Χερσόνησσος της Καλλίπολης)

Gallipoli is the Italian form of the Greek name "Καλλίπολις" (//Kallípolis//), meaning "Beautiful City", [|[2]] the original name of the modern town of [|Gelibolu].

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_(disambiguation) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli

Recommended Listening
[|Turkey's Gallipoli] - 100 years on, we examine the 1915 battle through Turkish eyes.

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Photos
http://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2015/apr/22/anzac-cove-and-gallipoli-then-and-now-interactive

Elsewhere on the Web
http://gallipoli.rte.ie http://gallipoli.rte.ie/guides/irish-anzacs