| Sanjak of Gelibolu Ottoman Turkish: Liva-i Gelibolu | |||||||||||
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| Sanjak of the Ottoman Empire | |||||||||||
| 1376–1920 | |||||||||||
.jpg) 1907 Ottoman map of the Edirne Vilayet, including the Sanjak of Gelibolu in the bottom | |||||||||||
| Capital | Gelibolu | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Ottoman conquest | 1376 | ||||||||||
| 1920 | |||||||||||
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| Today part of | Greece Turkey | ||||||||||
The Sanjak of Gelibolu or Gallipoli (Ottoman Turkish: Sancak-i/Liva-i Gelibolu) was a second-level Ottoman province (sanjak or liva) encompassing the Gallipoli Peninsula and a portion of southern Thrace. Gelibolu was the first Ottoman province in Europe, and for over a century the main base of the Ottoman Navy. Thereafter, and until the 18th century, it served as the seat of the Kapudan Pasha and capital of the Eyalet of the Archipelago.