Çanakkale

Turkey
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Also known as: Kale-i Sultaniye

Çanakkale, city, northwestern Turkey. It is located at the mouth of the Koca River (the ancient Rhodius River), on the Asian side of the Dardanelles strait. Originally a 15th-century Ottoman fortress called Kale-i Sultaniye, it had by the 18th century developed a reputation for its pottery, whence its name (Turkish çanak, “pot,” and kale, “fortress”). The pottery industry reached its peak in the 18th and 19th centuries and has now declined, but the city has become one of the chief centers of the Turkish fish-canning industry. It is connected by steamer service with Istanbul. Because of its location controlling the ...(100 of 153 words)