Gallipoli Games Gallipoli Games The inaugural Gallipoli Games is being held in 2015 under the patronage of the Presidency of the Republic of Turkey. It is being held to celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the Gallipoli Campaign and is intended to be held every two years. The Games have the motto: "On the land their ancestors sacrificed their lives 100 years ago, they are now competing for peace." University students from seven countries - Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, India, Germany, France and the Great Britain are eligible to compete. Torch relay commenced in March 2015 and it visited the seven participating
Gallipoli Campaign and obtain leaks from the deliberations of the Commission; Hamilton was never given another army appointment. Casualty figures for the campaign vary between sources but in 2001, Edward J. Erickson wrote that in the Gallipoli Campaign over were killed, including and around and French soldiers. Using the Ottoman Archives, Erickson estimated that Ottoman casualties in the Gallipoli Campaign were died from all causes, were wounded or injured and went missing or were captured. In 2000, McGibbon wrote that had been killed, about a quarter of those who had initially landed on the peninsula. In 2001, Carlyon gave figures of killed