34 Geographical Regions
 
Geographical Regions 35  
 
   
 
 
  
  
  Tekirdağ province, with its vast beaches and nice examples of Ottoman architecture, is located in the west of Thrace. It is known for its vineyards and wine festivals. Kırklareli, rich with natural and historical assets, is the largest province in Turkey’s European section. İğneada and Kıyıköy, on the other hand, are Black Sea resorts known for their fine sand beaches.  
 
Southern Marmara: Çanakkale, Balıkesir and Bilecik provinces are located on the southern coast of the Marmara Sea. The Çimenli and Kilitbahir citadels dating back to the 15th century provide exceptional beauty to the Dardanelles Strait. The 42-meter high Çanakkale Monument of the Fallen at the southern end of the National Park was erected in memory of the 500,000 soldiers, both Turkish and allied troops who had fallen in battle on the Çanakkale front during the First World War. There are also British and French monuments in the vicinity. At Anzac Bay on the Arıburnu coast where the ANZAC soldiers first landed; the Anzac Monument on which Atatürk’s speech on the Dardanelles campaign is inscribed, is one of the everlasting manifestations of humanism.
 
To the northwest of Çanakkale, ancient cities extend from north to south. The archaic city of Troy of the famed wooden horse, the city where King Priam, Hector, Paris and the beautiful Helen referred to in the Anatolian bard Homer’s epic  The  Iliad  lived, is  at   a  distance  of  30  km. to  the
 

Çanakkale Monument of the Fallen
   

The Trojan Horse - ÇANAKKALE
 
southwest of Çanakkale. Neandreia, Alexandria, Troas, Chryse and Assos are lined up further south from Troy. Behramkale, where the ancient city of Assos is located, is also a holiday resort preferred by intellectuals. The Temple of Athena at the Assos Acropolis at an altitude of 248 meters, was constructed in the 6th century B.C.