Gallipoli Games countries. The University Sports Federation of Turkey is managing the Games and the Turkish Government has provided funding of TRY 50 million. The first Games were due to be held 25-29 April 2005. However, in mid April 2015, the organisers decided to postpone the Games to tie in with the International Day of Peace on September 21. Games co-chairman Omer Mutlugun said "the postponement would allow the event to receive due international recognition and better mirror the games’ motto about competing for peace". Gallipoli Games The inaugural Gallipoli Games is being held in 2015 under the patronage of the Presidency
Gallipoli Campaign evacuated for sickness during the campaign. A total of troops fell sick during the campaign, not counting troops from the Dominions or India; of these, exclusive of those evacuated. The sick were transported from Gallipoli to hospitals in Egypt and Malta as quickly as possible as bases in the area of operations were insufficient. Approximately of men removed as non-battle casualties died, against in France and Flanders. The proportion of disease casualties to battle casualties was considerably higher in the Gallipoli Campaign than it was on the campaigns of the Western Front. The number of Ottoman troops evacuated sick is