The Turkish War of Independence was fought by a nationalist movement against the Allied occupation of Anatolia and Istanbul after the Ottoman defeat in the First World War. It began when Mustafa Kemal, later Ataturk, landed at Samsun and organised resistance against the terms of the Treaty of Sevres, which would have carved up much of the Ottoman heartland. The nationalists, based in Ankara, fought Armenian, French and especially Greek forces, whose advance was halted at the Battle of the Sakarya and routed in 1922. The sultanate was abolished, the Treaty of Lausanne recognised the new borders of Turkey, and the Republic was proclaimed in October 1923.
Before and after
- 4 May 1919May Fourth Movement
- from 6 May 1919 to 8 August 1919Third Anglo-Afghan War
- 7 May 1919Birth of Eva Perón
- from 15 May 1919 to 11 October 1922Greco-Turkish War
- from 19 May 1919 to 24 July 1923Turkish War of Independence
- 23 May 1919Founding of University of California, Los Angeles
- from 5 June 1919 to 23 June 1919Battle of Cēsis
- 28 June 1919Treaty of Versailles
- 20 July 1919Birth of Edmund Hillary
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