Kavakköy


Kavakköy is a village in Gelibolu district of Çanakkale Province. It is situated in the East Thracian plains at about. It is close to both the Aegean Sea at the west and the Marmara Sea at the south. The distance to Gelibolu is about. The population of Kavakköy was 2779 as of 2013. The village was founded in 1865. The town is on the site of the ancient city of Lysimachia, which was founded at the end of the 4th century BC. During Ottoman era the name of the town was Seydikavak.