Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) the Anzac front were evacuated from Gallipoli. After the war, the peace treaty with Turkey included a provision for "full and exclusive rights of ownership over the land in which are situated the graves of those who fell in action, for the purpose of laying out cemeteries or erecting memorials". In 1920, the Central Graves unit handed over the cemetery to the Imperial War Graves Commission. Today, the hill is the location of the Hill 60 Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery. Battle of Hill 60 (Gallipoli) The Battle of Hill 60 was the last major assault of the Gallipoli Campaign.
Fall of Gallipoli the emperor John VI Kantakouzenos plundered most of Byzantine Thrace and, around 1352, were granted the small fortress of Tzympe near Gallipoli. On 2 March 1354, the area was struck by an earthquake that destroyed hundreds of villages and towns in the area. Nearly every building in Gallipoli was destroyed, causing the Greek inhabitants to evacuate the city. Within a month, Süleyman Pasha seized the site, quickly fortifying it and populating it with Turkish families brought over from Anatolia. John VI offered cash payments to the Ottoman sultan Orhan to vacate the city, but was refused. The sultan reportedly said