Çanakkale Wars Gallipoli Historical Site is located in the northwest of the Marmara Region, within the borders of Çanakkale province. Most of it is on the Eceabat district border. There are many martyrdoms, cemeteries, museums and monuments within the boundaries of the Historic Area, which covers an area of 33,444 hectares. Eceabat is connected to Çanakkale province in the south of the Gallipoli Peninsula. The district is surrounded by the Dardanelles Strait in the east and the Aegean Sea in the west and south. It is one of the transition points where the Asian and European continents separate from each other. The most visited battlefield in Turkey is the Historical Site located within the borders of Çanakkale province.

In addition to the sunken ships, cannons, trenches, castles, bastions and hundreds of war-related remains in the area, the XV. There is a cultural heritage collection that includes examples of 19th century military architecture. The area in question stands out as one of the rare battlefields that have been preserved throughout the world.
There are 138 examples of civil architecture, 49 monumental structures, 50 Turkish martyrdoms, 29 Turkish monuments and inscriptions, 34 foreign cemeteries and monuments, and historical structures such as castles and bastions.

Çanakkale and Gallipoli World War I sites were accepted as one of the important points affecting world history and were included in the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List in 2014.