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 finally returned to Turkish rule on 26 November 1922. In 1920, after the defeat of the Russian White army of General Pyotr Wrangel, a significant number of emigre soldiers and their families evacuated to Gallipoli from the Crimean Peninsula. From there, many went to European countries, such as Yugoslavia, where they found refuge. A stone monument was erected and a special "Gallipoli cross" was created to commemorate the soldiers, who stayed in Gallipoli. The stone monument was destroyed during an earthquake, but in January 2008 reconstruction of the monument had begun with the consent of the Turkish government. Between 1923