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Section sizes

Section size for Turkish War of Independence (43 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	51,042	51,042
Background	3,004	3,004
Prelude: October 1918 – May 1919	41	10,758
Conclusion of World War I	3,620	3,620
Armistice of Mudros and occupation	4,852	4,852
Prelude to resistance	2,245	2,245
The Armistice era	60	16,422
Politics of de-Ittihadification	4,199	4,199
Banditry and the refugee crisis	3,031	3,031
Mustafa Kemal's mission	4,847	4,847
Negotiations for Ottoman partition	4,285	4,285
Organizational phase: May 1919 – March 1920	112	16,741
Greek landing at Smyrna	3,804	3,804
Organizing resistance	3,596	3,596
Consolidation through congresses	5,158	5,158
Last Ottoman parliament	4,071	4,071
Jurisdictional conflict: March 1920 – January 1921	112	17,437
Decapitation of the Istanbul government	3,178	3,178
Promulgation of the Grand National Assembly	7,065	7,065
Clashes in İzmit	4,052	4,052
Treaty of Sèvres	3,030	3,030
Fighting	13	20,303
Southern Front	3,060	3,060
Al-Jazira Front	1,548	1,548
Eastern Front	4,245	4,245
Revolts	119	119
Western Front	3,457	11,318
Peace negotiations and the Great Offensive (1921–1922)	5,607	5,607
Armistice of Mudanya	2,254	2,254
Outcome	14	5,874
Abolition of the sultanate	1,414	1,414
Treaty of Lausanne	3,863	3,863
Establishment of the Republic	583	583
Historiography	10,171	10,171
Impact	13	5,474
Ethnic cleansing	3,528	3,528
Turkey	700	700
Aftermath of the Chanak Crisis	548	548
Influence on other nations	685	685
See also	735	735
Notes	36	36
References	30	30
Bibliography	3,960	3,960
Total	161,987	161,987