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CANAKKALE

From a strategic and military point of view this small town is of major importance for it guards the entire strait of the Dardanelles (Canakkale Bogazý) at its narrowest point.
While the strait of the Dardanelles which joins the Aegean to the Sea of Marmara was known in antiquity as Hellespont, its present name is related to the myth of Dardanus, the legendary founder of Troy.