Jeff Gordon's fifth victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday was not only historic in its place on one of racing's greatest stages, but also for the new win tally -- 90 -- it rolls up for this certain future NASCAR Hall of Famer.
A view of the Dardanelles from a ship. The Gallipoli peninsula (/É¡ÉËlÉªpÉµli/ ; Turkish: Gelibolu YarÄ±madasÄ±; Greek: ÎºÎ±Î»Î»Î¯ÏÎ¿Î»Î·) is located in Turkish Thrace (or East Thrace), the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.ap of ancient Gallipoli. In ancient times, the Gallipoli Peninsula was known as the Thracian Chersonesus (from Greek ÏÎµÏÏÏÎ½Î·ÏÎ¿Ï, peninsula) to the Greeks and later the Romans. It was the location of several prominent towns, including Cardia, Pactya, Callipolis (Gallipoli), Alopeconnesus, Sestos, Madytos, and Elaeus.
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign, the Battle of Gallipoli or the Battle of Ãanakkale (Ã§anakkale: Ãanakkale Canakkale), Ã§anakkale savaÅÄ± was a Campaign Of World war i that took place On the (Gallipoli peninsula gelibolu In) modern turkey In The ottoman empire Between 25 april 1915 And 9. january 1916his sector of the Gallipoli Peninsula became known as Anzac; the area held by the British and French became known as the Helles sector or simply Helles. The French made a diversionary landing at Kum Kale on the Asian shore, before re-embarking to hold the eastern area of the Helles sector.