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Gallipoli-Çanakkale Battle Zone
by Julian Nitzsche, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gallipoli-Çanakkale Battle Zone
Gallipoli-Çanakkale Battle Zone is located in Çanakkale Province, Turkey. The Gallipoli Campaign was a campaign of the First World War that took place on the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman Empire between 17 February 1915 and 9 January 1916. The battlefields, war graves, monuments, and war related artefacts are registered as a historical sites and objects.
Site Information
Country: Turkey
District: Çanakkale Province
Category: Historic Cities and Regions
Site History: 20th Century AD
Oldest Culture: World War I
Later Cultures: World War I
Site Features: World War I Monuments
UNESCO Tentative List
Official Name: Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War
Date of Submission: 2014
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