Turkish War of Independence

Date

May 19, 1919 - July 24, 1923

Location

Modern-day Turkey

Result

Turkish victory

Belligerents
Turkeyball (Ankara Governmentball) Russian SFSRball (Armament support) Kurdistanball	Greeceball (until 1922) Armeniaball (until 1920) DR Georgiaball Franceball (until 1921) UKball Ottomanball (until 1922) File:Italian-Empire-icon.png Italyball (until 1921) Kurdistanball(a small part) USAball (only in Bombardment of Samsun) Republic of Chinaball (Manpower support, labourers) Empire of Japanball (Diplomatic support)

Commanders
Mustafa Kemal Pasha İsmet Pasha Fevzi Pasha Kazım Pasha	Anastasios Papoluas Georgios Hatzianestis Henri Gouraud Drastamat Kanayan Movses Silikyan George Milne Süleyman Şefik Pasha

“	Peace at home, peace in the World	”
	— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

“	As they have come,so they will go!	”
	— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Turkish War of Independence was a conflict to overthrow the Sultanate in Asia Minor, and to unite main Turkish land.

History[edit]

After Ottomanball's defeat in World War One, Treaty of Sevres would have given vast amounts of Anatolian clay to Armeniaball, Greeceball and Kurdistanball. Franceball and UKball were occupying territories too. But Turkeyball would have none of it. USAball had been the biggest pusher of the treaty.

Turkeyball began fighting off Greeceball and invading Armeniaball, taking over Karsball and Alexandropolball but being defeated at Sardarapatball and prevented from taking Armeniaball's Caucasus clay. Turkeyball also tried to take over Adjaraball from DR Georgiaball since it had kebab living there. The allies of World War I thought about jumping in. Franceball invaded Syria and southern Anatolia, UKball invaded Iraq and gave economic support to Greeceball, Armeniaball invaded East Anatolia and Greece invaded western Anatolia. Turkeyball defeated Armeniaball by his army, and Turkish people defeated Franceball by themselves. After these sides of war ended, Turkey sent all his army to west so that he could defeat Greece. After Turkey defeated Greece, Turkey made Treaty of Lausanne. Meanwhile Sovietball took over Armeniaball and gave Turkeyball most of his clay in Treaty of Kars, hoping Turkeyball would become a commie if he did (Turkeyball didn't). Kurds tried to rebel by UK's support, but they failed. And so Turkeyball was into independence and having Anatolian clay to himself. But British Iraq and Turkey' s border did not draw.

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