Lapseki

Lapseki is a town and district of Canakkale Province, Turkey. It had a population of 10,863. The area of Lapseki is popular for its fruits; a cherry celebration is held every year in this town. The town was established by Greek settlers from Phocaea in the 6^th century BC. Before long a short time later it turned into a principle contender of Miletus, controlling the exchange establishes in the Dardanelles. The advanced Turkish name gets from the first Greek name.

Lapseki was established around 500 BC, one of 4 settlements along the Dardanelles around then. In antiquated occasions, while the city was under the standard of King Mendrom and named Pityausa, the lord, who safeguarded the homesteaders from Foca from the assaults of the neighborhood individuals, stamped coins without precedent for its history for the sake of his little girl Lapseke and later the city was given this name by the settlers to express their obligation to him.

Along these lines, the name Lampsakos, at that point Lapseki, was passed down to the present day. The city was under the Byzantines for an extensive stretch before being passed into Ottoman hands after its success by Suleyman Pasha in 1356. Involved toward the finish of World War I, the town was liberated from the British and French powers on 25 September 1922 because of the solidarity and solidarity of the general population of Lapseki, around the finish of the War of Independence. In the region are the graves of 15,000 officers who lost their lives amid the War of Independence.