The dramatic story of the turbulent birth of modern Turkey, which rose out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire to fight off Allied occupiers, Greek invaders, and internal ethnic groups to proclaim a new republic under Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). It is exceedingly rare to run across a major historical event that has no comprehensive English-language history, but such was the case until The Turkish War of Independence brought together all the main strands of the story, including the chaotic ending of World War I in Asia Minor and the numerous military fronts on which the Turks defied odds, fighting off several armies to create their own state from the defeated ashes of the Ottoman Empire. This important book culminates Erickson's three-part series on the early 20th-century military history of the Ottomans and Turkey. Making wide use of specialized, hard-to-find Western and Turkish memoirs and military sources, it presents a narrative of the fighting, which eventually brought the Turkish Nationalist armies to victory. Often termed the "Greco-Turkish War," an incomplete description that misses its geographic and multinational scope, this war pitted Greek, Armenian, French, British, Italian, and insurgent forces against the Nationalists; the narrative shows these conflicts to have been distinct and separate to Turkey's opponents, while the Turkish side saw them as an interconnected whole.

The dramatic story of the turbulent birth of modern Turkey, which rose out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire to fight off Allied occupiers, Greek invaders, and internal ethnic groups to proclaim a new republic under Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk). It is exceedingly rare to run across a major historical event that has no comprehensive English-language history, but such was the case until The Turkish War of Independence brought together all the main strands of the story, including the chaotic ending of World War I in Asia Minor and the numerous military fronts on which the Turks defied odds, fighting off several armies to create their own state from the defeated ashes of the Ottoman Empire. This important book culminates Erickson's three-part series on the early 20th-century military history of the Ottomans and Turkey. Making wide use of specialized, hard-to-find Western and Turkish memoirs and military sources, it presents a narrative of the fighting, which eventually brought the Turkish Nationalist armies to victory. Often termed the "Greco-Turkish War," an incomplete description that misses its geographic and multinational scope, this war pitted Greek, Armenian, French, British, Italian, and insurgent forces against the Nationalists; the narrative shows these conflicts to have been distinct and separate to Turkey's opponents, while the Turkish side saw them as an interconnected whole.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 120. Chapters: Treaty of Lausanne, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Greco-Turkish War, List of high-ranking commanders of the Turkish War of Independence, Timeline of the Turkish War of Independence, Fevzi Cakmak, Nureddin Pasha, Treaty of Sevres, Occupation of Constantinople, Battle of Dumlup nar, Turkish-Armenian War, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's leadership of the independence war, Ottoman Armenian casualties, Battle of Marash, Kaz m Karabekir, Behic Erkin, Samsun, Provisional National Government of the Southwestern Caucasus, Franco-Turkish War, Battle of Sakarya, nebolu, Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, Celal Bayar, Battle of Ayd n, Turkish State Cemetery, Exiles of the Ottoman Empire during World War I, Establishment of the Turkish national movement, Kingdom of Kurdistan, Yoruk Ali Efe, Republic of Pontus, Hayrullah Fi ek, Refik Saydam, Battle of Karbo az, Treaty of Alexandropol, Second Battle of nonu, Vecihi Hurku, Kaz m Ozalp, Nikolaos Trikoupis, First Battle of nonu, Kockiri Rebellion, Cerkes Ethem, Twice A Stranger: How Mass Expulsion Forged Modern Greece and Turkey, Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate, Yakup Satar, Mustafa ekip Birgol, Battle of Oltu, Menemen massacre, Conference of Lausanne, Ziya Hur it, Treaty of Moscow, Erzurum Congress, Anastasios Papoulas, Misak- Milli, Sutcu mam Incident, Hasan Tahsin, Kuva-yi Milliye, Revolts during the Turkish War of Independence, Battle of Alexandropol, Son Bulu ma, Amasya Circular, Conference of London, Veysel Turan, Battle of Kars, Treaty of Ankara, Armistice of Mudanya, Georgios Hatzianestis, Sentinel Association, Sivas Congress, Omer Kuyuk, Medal of Independence, Amasya Protocol, Revolt of Ahmet Anzavur, Cilicia Peace Treaty. Excerpt: Kamal Ataturk or Mustafa Kemal Ataturk (pronounced; 19 May 1881 by a posteriori-10...