Gallipoli lies on the northern shore of the Dardanelles strait, west of the sea of Marmara. The capture of this key fortress gave the Ottomans their first bastion on the European side of the straits and facilitated their siege of Constantinople and its capture in 1453.
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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Gallipoli captured by the Ottomans". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=9480, accessed 23 November 2024.]
