- Beşik Bay, Çanakkale
Beşik Bay (Turkish: "Beşik Koyu", "Beşike Koyu" or "Beşige Koyu") is a small bay on the Aegean shore of
Troy , at the mouth of theHellespont in present day AsiaticTurkey .It has been written of since antiquity and throughout the 19th century, and in the 20th was seen as a strategic prize. It played a critical role in the
Crimean War , and in the disastrous Gallipoli campaign ofWorld War I .
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