OOC: So this is a reboot of one of my previous TLs, which was written rather sub par. Here is the start of the reboot
Chapter I: The Fourth Greco Turkish War
Section I:The beginning of Turkish Defeat
1921
The war between Greece and Turkey had been raging for two years when the Battle of Dorylaion [OTL Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir] started. After bitter fighting, the Turkish towns of Kara Hissar, Kütahya, and Eski Şehir were occupied by Greeks (who called the towns Nikopolis, Kotyaion, and Dorylaion, respectively) [OTL names are Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, and Eskişehir]. While the Chief of the General Staff of Turkey, Mustafa İsmet [İsmet İnönü], was defeated in these battles, much of his army had survived, and İsmet planned a retreat to the Sakarya river. Simultaneously, Greek Commander in Chief Anastasios Papoulas planned to move his army south from Dorylaion to Nikopolis in order to amass troops and start building defences, for Papoulas realised that the recently conquered territory was excellent for defensive warfare [1]. These two armies met outside ʿAzīziyye [OTL Emirdağ], and engaged in the Battle of Amorion (Amorion is the Greek name for Emirdağ). The Battle lasted from August 7 to 13, and was a smashing victory for Greece. The Turkish troops were weary of fighting, and once surrounded morale collapsed and İsmet himself was captured.
Mustafa Kemal, President of the Turkish Republic, after hearing of the loss at ʿAzīziyye and capture of İsmet, realized that the Greek threat to Turkey had grown considerably. Commander Mustafa Fevzi had taken charge of the remaining Turkish troops from the Battle of ʿAzīziyye and continued the army on a retreat across the Sakarya River. Kemal met with Fevzi, and it was agreed that it would be needed for the Greeks to be expelled back across the Maeander River if Turkey wanted to survive.
While Kemal was worried about Greece, other groups were also moving their forces. France, which had evacuated the resource rich Western Black Sea coast just a month earlier in June 1921, re-occupied the town of Zonguldak. Zonguldak and the surrounding area were rich in coal, and by re-occupying the area France prevented the fledgling Turkish Republic from gaining access to these valuable resources.
[1] This is the pod. In OTL Greece decided to stop and think, letting İsmet’s troops got away.
Chapter I: The Fourth Greco Turkish War
Section I:The beginning of Turkish Defeat
1921
The war between Greece and Turkey had been raging for two years when the Battle of Dorylaion [OTL Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir] started. After bitter fighting, the Turkish towns of Kara Hissar, Kütahya, and Eski Şehir were occupied by Greeks (who called the towns Nikopolis, Kotyaion, and Dorylaion, respectively) [OTL names are Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, and Eskişehir]. While the Chief of the General Staff of Turkey, Mustafa İsmet [İsmet İnönü], was defeated in these battles, much of his army had survived, and İsmet planned a retreat to the Sakarya river. Simultaneously, Greek Commander in Chief Anastasios Papoulas planned to move his army south from Dorylaion to Nikopolis in order to amass troops and start building defences, for Papoulas realised that the recently conquered territory was excellent for defensive warfare [1]. These two armies met outside ʿAzīziyye [OTL Emirdağ], and engaged in the Battle of Amorion (Amorion is the Greek name for Emirdağ). The Battle lasted from August 7 to 13, and was a smashing victory for Greece. The Turkish troops were weary of fighting, and once surrounded morale collapsed and İsmet himself was captured.
Mustafa Kemal, President of the Turkish Republic, after hearing of the loss at ʿAzīziyye and capture of İsmet, realized that the Greek threat to Turkey had grown considerably. Commander Mustafa Fevzi had taken charge of the remaining Turkish troops from the Battle of ʿAzīziyye and continued the army on a retreat across the Sakarya River. Kemal met with Fevzi, and it was agreed that it would be needed for the Greeks to be expelled back across the Maeander River if Turkey wanted to survive.
While Kemal was worried about Greece, other groups were also moving their forces. France, which had evacuated the resource rich Western Black Sea coast just a month earlier in June 1921, re-occupied the town of Zonguldak. Zonguldak and the surrounding area were rich in coal, and by re-occupying the area France prevented the fledgling Turkish Republic from gaining access to these valuable resources.
[1] This is the pod. In OTL Greece decided to stop and think, letting İsmet’s troops got away.
