#turkishindependence

Southern Asia 97 years ago today: Turkish Great Offensive (08 Sep 1922) https://buff.ly/2zX20l8 After their 1921 defeat of the Greek invasion at Sakarya, the Turks slowly gathered their forces for their counterattack. In late August 1922 they were ready, smashing the Greeks at Dumlupinar and driving them back to the sea in just a few weeks. On 8 September, the Greeks evacuated Smyrna, leaving the city for the Turks to capture the following day. #southernasia #history #welovehistory #map #1920s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1922 #greekhistory #enosis #grecoturkishwar #ataturk #kemalataturk #turkishhistory #turkishindependence #ottomanempire #september #september8 #britishempire #ww100 #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at İzmir, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2JOco7g--J/?igshid=bvsg9gay8o1a

Southern Asia 98 years ago today: Greco-Turkish War (27 Aug 1921) https://buff.ly/33ZLZbU The most serious conflict in Turkey's war for independence was the Greco-Turkish War. In 1919 Greece had moved troops into western Anatolia to protect the sizeable local Greek population and assert its historical claim over the region. By August 1921 the Greeks were within 80km of Ankara, but proved unable to break through the Turkish defenses and were eventually forced to withdraw. #southernasia #history #welovehistory #welovemaps #map #1920s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1921 #ataturk #turkishindependence #august #august27 #grecoturkishwar #kemalataturk #smyrna #republicofturkey #britishempire #ww100 #greatwar #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Sakarya, Sakarya, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B1qJy9Ugi55/?igshid=2nsh4u7vyrl4

Southern Asia 96 years ago today: Treaty of Lausanne (24 Jul 1923) https://buff.ly/2LADMFf By 1923 the Turkish War of Independence was all but over, with the Allies abandoning their attempt to partition Anatolia according to the Treaty of Sevres. At the Treaty of Lausanne, they made peace with the Turkish nationalists and recognized the new state of Turkey. #southernasia #history #welovehistory #map #1920s #20thcentury #modernhistory #1923 #turkishrevolution #kemalataturk #ataturk #ottomanempire #turkishindependence #lausanne #transjordan #july #july24 #frenchsyria #britishempire #palestine #maps #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #cartography #geopolitics (at Lausanne, Switzerland) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0So5gNg4Ca/?igshid=uqbdyafslvl

Southern Asia 99 years ago today: Turkish War of Independence (27 Dec 1919) https://buff.ly/2Q0OWAK After occupying Constantinople, the Allies had proceeded to partition the Ottoman Empire, even including much of the Empire’s Anatolian heartland. This alarmed Turkish nationalists, who rallied behind the war hero Mustafa Kemal to assert Turkey’s independence. #southernasia #history #welovemaps #map #1910s #1919 #december #december27 #maps #britishempire #kemalataturk #ataturk #ottomanempire #turkishhistory #turkishindependence #worldwar1 #ww1 #worldwari #wwi #greatwar #firstworldwar #constantinople #todayinhistory #historytoday #historyteacher #historybuff #historygeek #historynerd #worldhistory #sykespicot (at Ankara, Turkey) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br4GEJZgCvS/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bxgd84u0o943

A long time ago, some folks supposedly landed on a rock. Here's my rock. #Familyfirst #grateful #TurkishIndependence