YUNAN İŞGALİ ALTINDA BATI ANADOLU
WESTERN ANATOLIA UNDER GREEK OCCUPATION

Summary/Abstract: Ottoman Empire took part in the Alliance States, which had been pioneered by Germany during the First World War. It had to sign the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918 when the states he was allied with lost the war. With the seventh article of this treaty, the States of the Entente were granted the right to seize any province of the Ottoman state if they considered there was any situation that would threaten their security. Furthermore, the Ottoman Army was disbanded, receiving its guns and ammunition. Briefly, the Ottoman State had already been ended with this truce. The Allied States began to seize the Straits of Mosul, Iskenderun, Istanbul and Çanakkale, Thrace and Anatolia as of November 1, 1918, on the basis of the terms of this Treaty. Greeks also attacked West Anatolia according to the decision made at the Paris Peace Conference. These invasions proceeded fairly violent. The Greeks spread to Anatolia by burning, robbery, and murder. The occupations started to have the characteristics of annexation. Western Anatolia witnessed numerous humiliating and inhumane massacres. Such occupations have contributed to the awakening of national consciousness and the beginning of the national fight. What had the Greeks done that initiated such strong reactions and triggered the independence movements in Turkey? In order to address this issue, the aim of the article will be to discuss the events that took place during the Greek occupation of Western Anatolia.

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