Alçıtepe, also known by its former name, Krithia (Greek: Κριθία), is a small village in Turkey on a commanding high plateau, about 4 miles from Cape Helles, the tip of the Thracian Chersonesos, now Gallipoli Peninsula.

[2] Krithia was named after the grain "krithos", which in Greek means "barley"; a nearby cape was also called Krithea (Κριθέα) in Byzantine times, now Akbaş Burnu.

[4] Turkish soldiers with fixed bayonets surrounded the village and forced the evacuation of each house in turn.

[4] During the Gallipoli campaign, the village was an objective of the first day of the landing at Cape Helles on 25 April 1915; it was never reached.

As a result, the settlement suffered extensive damage due to shelling: the two Greek churches were destroyed, and only few traces of its medieval and ancient past remain, such as a column in the village square or architectural elements reused as spolia.