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Franco-Turkish War | |||||||||
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Part of the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||||
Armenian volunteer soldiers in the French Army | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Henri Gouraud |
Ali Fuat Pasha Ali Saip Bey "Kılıç" Ali Bey Şefik "Özdemir" Bey | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
: Mar. 1920: 25–30,000[2] |
~18,000 men (early phase)[6] Total: 25,000 men[7] | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
5,000+ dead[8] | Unknown | ||||||||
Both sides together: 15,000+ casualties[9] |
The Franco–Turkish War, known as the Cilicia Campaign (French: La campagne de Cilicie) in France and as the Southern Front (Turkish: Güney Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence in Turkey, was a series of conflicts fought between France (the French Colonial Forces and the French Armenian Legion) and the Turkish National Forces (led by the Turkish provisional government after 4 September 1920) from December 1918 to October 1921 in the aftermath of World War I. French interest in the region stemmed from the Sykes-Picot Agreement and was further fueled by the refugee crisis following the Armenian genocide.
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