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, Apulia the early Middle Ages, it was most likely sacked by the Vandals and the Goths. Rebuilt by the Byzantines, Gallipoli lived an economically and socially flourishing period due to its geographical position. Later it was owned by the Roman Popes, and was a centre of fighting against the Greek monastic orders. In the 11th century Gallipoli was conquered by the Normans and, in 1268, it was besieged by Charles I of Anjou, causing numerous inhabitants to flee to the nearby Alezio. The city was repopulated around 1300, under the feudal rule of the principality of Taranto. In 1484 the Venetians