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Çanakkale
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Çanakkale (chänäk`kälĕ) or Chanakkale (–kälā), city (1990 pop. 53,887), capital of Çanakkale prov., NW Turkey, on the Asian shore of the Dardanelles. It is famous for its fine pottery and has an important fish-canning industry. The city has long been fortified and has a 15th-century fort. In World War I the city and fort were bombarded (1915) during the Gallipoli campaign. Near Çanakkale are the mouth of the historic Aegospotamos River and the ruins of the ancient towns of Abydos and Sestos.


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Ertugul Ercan, Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey Phone: +90 286 218 00 18 Fax: +90 286 218 03 93 E-mail: ertugrulercan@yahoo.
Coskun Bakar is assistant professor at 18th of March University, Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Canakkale, Turkey.
PRINCE Charles read a sombre psalm as about 20,000 people prayed and sang hymns at dawn today in Canakkale, Turkey, to mark the 90th anniversary of the devastating World War I Gallipoli campaign.
 
 
 
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