Battle of Marash 1920
Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 21 January 1920 – 13 February 1920 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 1920 | Wikidata P580 (start time) |
| Era | Interwar (1919–1938) | derived from year |
| Location | Turkey | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Franco-Turkish War | Wikidata P361 |
| Coordinates | 37.5848, 36.9260 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Battle of Marash (Turkish: Maraş Muharebesi), also called the Marash Affair, took place in the early winter of 1920 between the French forces occupying the city of Maraş in the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish National Forces linked to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. It was the first major battle of the Turkish War of Independence, and the three-week-long engagement in the city ultimately forced the French to abandon and retreat from Marash and resulted in the Massacre of Marash, a Turkish massacre of Armenian refugees who had just been repatriated to the city following the Armenian Genocide.
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