Bolayır is a town in the Gelibolu

Gelibolu

Gelibolu, also known as Gallipoli , is the name of a town and a district in Çanakkale Province of the Marmara region, located in Eastern Thrace in the European part of Turkey on the southern shore of the peninsula named after it on the Dardanelles strait, two miles away from Lapseki on the other...

 district of Çanakkale Province

Çanakkale Province

Çanakkale Province is a province of Turkey, located in the northwestern part of the country. It takes its name from the town of Çanakkale.Like Istanbul, Çanakkale province has a European and an Asian part. The European part is formed by the Gallipoli peninsula, while the Asian part is largely...

, situated on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the European part of Turkey

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The settlement was formerly a village. It received in 1958 the status of a town. According to the 2007 cencus, Bolayır's population is 1871.

The türbe

Turbe

Türbe is the Turkish word for "tomb", and for the characteristic mausoleums, often relatively small, of Ottoman royalty and notables. It is related to the Arabic turba, which can also mean a mausoleum, but more often a funerary complex, or a plot in a cemetery.-Characteristics:A typical türbe...

 (tomb) of Süleyman Pasha

Suleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)

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 (1316–1357), son of Orhan I

Orhan I

Orhan I or Orhan Bey was the second bey of the nascent Ottoman Empire from 1326 to 1359...

, the second Bey of the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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 and the grave of the Turkish nationalist

Nationalism

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 poet Namık Kemal

Namık Kemal

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 (1840–1888) are located in Bolayır. Bolayır was also the site of the Gallipoli Campaign (1915–1916) during the World War I

World War I

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