2016 European Cross Country Championships reached the podium in all categories. The 2016 edition saw increased Kenyan dominance at the competition, with the top two runners in both senior races being Kenyan-born, as well as the men's under-23 winner. 2016 European Cross Country Championships The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia, Italy. Aras Kaya won the men's senior title, making it three straight victories for Turkey in that event, following in the footsteps of fellow Kenyan-Turkish runners Polat Kemboi Arıkan and Ali Kaya. Yasemin Can, became Turkey's first
Gallipoli Serbs long distance from the Serbian core has resulted in a unique dialect (Old Shtokavian), with significant influence from the adjacent Greek and Turkish dialects, as well as other cultural traits. Gallipoli Serbs Gallipoli Serbs ( / "galipoljski Srbi") were a group of Serbs from Serbian region named Srem that were forcefully relocated to Gallipoli by the Ottoman Empire some time after 1692, then returned to the Niš region in the beginning of the 18th century, and finally settled by the Yugoslav authorities in Pehčevo in the beginning of the 20th century. With the Austro-Turkish War, a group of "Šumadinci" from