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Gallipoli[gulip´ulE] Pronunciation Key or Gelibolu[gelE´bOlOO´´] Pronunciation Key, city (1990 pop. 18,670), W Turkey, a port at the east end of the Dardanelles, near the neck of the Gallipoli Peninsula. It has long been a strategic point in the defense of Istanbul (Constantinople) and has numerous historic remains. It was captured by the Ottoman Turks in 1354.
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