Turk Youth Cricket Mela is a Cricket League Organized Every Year By Turk Youth Sports Committee Under Supervision Of Veraval Turk Jamaat.
About Veraval Turk Jamaat
Veraval Turk Jamaat is a community in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. They are a sub-group of the Turk Jamat of Gujarat. Members of Veraval Turk Jamaat migrated from Veraval, India to Karachi, Pakistan after independence in 1947. Most of the members of this community are settled in Muhajir Camp of Baldia Town.
Members of Veraval Turk Jamaat are Muslims and follow Sunni Hanafi school of Islam. Some members of Veraval Turk Jamaat still live in Veraval. The Veraval Turk Jamaat claim ancestry from Turk soldiers belonging to the army of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi who settled after the conquest of Somnath Temple. Most of the Turk soldiers settled near Somnath Temple in Veraval (a sea port of Junagardh State in Gujarat, India. After Partition in 1947 most of the members of this community migrated to Karachi, Pakistan to save their lives.