The Legend of a Hero: Seyit Onbaşı Monument and Mecidiye Fortifications

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The monument dedicated to Seyit Onbaşı, who showed great heroism during the Çanakkale War, and the historic artillery batteries are located near Kilitbahir Village in Eceabat, on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

On your journey from Çanakkale Avec Hotel to the Gallipoli Peninsula, the Seyit Onbaşı Monument near Kilitbahir Village in Eceabat offers you a chance to witness one of the most iconic moments of the Çanakkale War. At the Mecidiye Fortifications, the heroism of Seyit Onbaşı, who single-handedly carried and fired a 276-kilogram shell against enemy ships, is immortalized. At this historic site, you can breathe in the atmosphere of that moment and deeply feel the national spirit.

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