What is Dardanelles?
[[File:Dardanelles map2.png|thumb|250px|The Dardanelles is a long narrow [[strait]] dividing the Balkans (Europe) along the Gallipoli peninsula from Asia Minor.]] The '''Dardanelles''' is the narrow [[strait]] in northwestern [[Turkey]] that connects the [[Aegean Sea]] to the [[Sea of Marmara]]. It marks the division between [[Asia]], to the east, and [[Europe]], to the west. The [[waterway]] is highly significant to all countries in the region because it provides access to the [[Black Sea]]. The [[Treaty of Lausanne]] requires Turkey to allow [[merchant vessel]]<nowiki/>s to pass and limits Turkey's right to close the Straits to [[Warship|warships]]. In [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] times, it was also known as the '''Hellespont'''. ==Related pages== {{commonscat|Dardanelles}} * The [[Dardanelles Campaign]], during [[World War I]]. {{-}} {{multistub|Geo|Europe}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Straits]] [[Category:Çanakkale Province]] [[Category:Mediterranean Sea]]