Sedd el Bahr
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Seddülbahir
Sedd el Bahr | |
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V Beach at Gallipoli | |
  Seddülbahir Location in Turkey  Seddülbahir Seddülbahir (Marmara) | |
| Coordinates: 40°02′41″N 26°11′16″E / 40.0447°N 26.1877°E | |
| Country | Turkey |
| Province | Çanakkale |
| District | Eceabat |
| Population (2021) | 277 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (TRT) |
| Postal code | 17500 |
| Area code | 0286 |
Sedd el Bahr (
Gallipoli Campaign in World War I. Its population is 277 (2021).[2]
At the tip of the Sedd el Bahr promontory is the castle (Sedd el Bahr Kale), also known as Old Castle (Eski Kale), which was built in 1659. The British designated the castle "Fort No. 3" (at the other end of V Beach was "Fort No. 1", also known as Fort Ertuğrul) and it was equipped with ten artillery pieces, including two 28 cm Krupp L/22 guns. The castle was bombarded by the Royal Navy on 3 November 1914, causing serious damage and killing 86 Ottoman soldiers.
The British attacked the Ottoman forts on 19 February 1915 at the start of the
naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
. Sedd el Bahr was subjected to repeated bombardment and raids by naval demolition teams and the position was deemed too exposed. By the peak of naval operations on 18 March, Sedd el Bahr and Kum Kale, across the straits, had been eliminated as threats.
Sedd el Bahr is mentioned in the traditional Irish song "
Gallipoli Campaign
.
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Media related to Sedd el Bahr at Wikimedia Commons
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