where is gallipoli
A view of the Dardanelles from a ship. The Gallipoli peninsula (/É¡ÉËlÉªpÉµli/ ; Turkish: Gelibolu YarÄ±madasÄ±; Greek: ÎºÎ±Î»Î»Î¯ÏÎ¿Î»Î·) is located in Turkish Thrace (or East Thrace), the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.ap of ancient Gallipoli. In ancient times, the Gallipoli Peninsula was known as the Thracian Chersonesus (from Greek ÏÎµÏÏÏÎ½Î·ÏÎ¿Ï, peninsula) to the Greeks and later the Romans. It was the location of several prominent towns, including Cardia, Pactya, Callipolis (Gallipoli), Alopeconnesus, Sestos, Madytos, and Elaeus.