The water was clean but already rather cold and very shallow. This place is famous with divers because you can still find the sunken ships of the Gallipoli or Gelibolu as they call it in Turkish battle. After that we drove further down the peninsula to see the shores and hills where ANZAC and Turkish army fought. For those interested in this part of history there is a film called ''Gallipoli'' with Mel Gibson (young and normal, before he became the MELtdown :)
I have also found a book by Louis de Bernieres (author of the wonderful ''Captain Corelli's mandolin'') called ''Birds without wings'' which tells the story of Gallipoli from the side of the villagers.
Well, what can you do while you're there? There is small museum (entrance fee only 1lira) where locals brought the artifacts of the war - it's not big but quite interesting and worth the visit.
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