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Kilitbahir Fortress

Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park, Çanakkale, Turkey · photographed in 2006 · 7 photos

Kilitbahir was built by Sultan Mehmet II in 1463. Actually Çimenlik Castle on the Asian coast and Kilitbahir on the European coast guarded the Narrows of the Dardanelles. Kilitbahir means “key of the sea”.

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