Lapseki

Lapseki stands on the Asian shore of the Hellespont opposite Gallipoli. In antiquity it was Lampsacus, a Greek city whose position on the strait made it a natural stopping place for vessels and armies. The town and its surroundings belonged to the Karası principality before the early Ottoman advance. In 1353 Süleyman Pasha took Lapseki, which became a crossing point on the route from Anatolia to the Ottoman possessions in Rumelia.