Seddülbahir

About 30km/19mi south of Eceabat, near the village of Abide, the Ottoman fortress of Seddülbahir, constructed in 1657, faces Kumkale Fort on the opposite (Asian) shore. Built to guard the southern entrance to the Dardanelles, both forts are now in a restricted military zone. On the east side of the small bay where once the ancient town of Elaios stood, are Turkish and Allied war memorials and cemeteries (1915/16).