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The Turkish–Armenian War (Armenian: Հայ-թուրքական պատերազմ), known in Turkey as the Eastern Front (Turkish: Doğu Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence, was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Turkish National Movement following the collapse of the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920.
[29] [30] The Armenian legionnaires attempted to put up a defense but were ultimately overwhelmed. All the churches and eventually the entire Armenian districts were put to flames. [31] [32] [33] The plight of the Armenians was only exacerbated when the French decided to pull out on 10 February. When the 2,000 Armenians who had taken shelter in ...
The Battle of Sarıkamış was a conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Eastern Front of the Army of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey which was on September 29, 1920, at Sarıkamış. After the Sarikamish war signed the Armistice of Mudros, the Turks started the War of Independence and revolted, keeping the Armenians away ...
[36] Others, such as Tony Greenwood, the Director of the American Research Institute in Turkey, confirmed that a select group of retired military personnel were "going through" the archives. However, it was noted by a certain Turkish scholar that the examination was merely an effort to purge documents found in the archives.
The Battle of Kars [a] was the largest battle of the Turkish–Armenian War, which took place on October 30, 1920.It was fought between forces loyal to the Grand National Assembly under the command of Kâzım Karabekir and the army of the First Republic of Armenia.
Russian soldiers uncover the evidence of a massacre in the former Armenian village of Sheykhalan (in Muş), 1916 The area of Russian occupation of that region in summer 1916 (Russian map). During July, General Yudenich then countered the Ottoman attack with an offensive of his own towards Erzincan. This was the Battle of Erzincan (July 2–25 ...
The territories that were under Armenian occupation for 30 years were not only virtually completely razed to the ground, but also mined with mines and other unexploded military ammunition," he said.
A 17-year-old [5] local Çakmakcı Sait, who ran forth without carrying a weapon was then shot and killed by the Armenian legionnaires. [6] Soon after, an individual by the name of Sütçü İmam (literally, milkman Imam) opened fire on the legionnaires, killing or wounding (depending on the version) one or more of the soldiers. [7]