Understand
Babakale sits on a cape that is exactly the westernmost point of mainland Asia, the Cape Baba Baba Burnu, which lies on the 26° 03' 50" E, i.e. at about the same longitude with Helsinki, and Bucharest.
Local story has it that the village was founded by prisoners who were pardoned in return for working at the construction of the citadel of the village, and later joined in by seamen, and their families.
Most of the travellers who make it to Babakale visit it as a day-trip on their route along the Troad coast.
