Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “battle”
Battle of the Sakarya
Part of: Greco-Turkish War
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: battle (all its classes: Wikidata item)
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The Battle of the Sakarya (Turkish: Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi, lit. 'Sakarya Field Battle'), also known as the Battle of the Sangarios (Greek: Μάχη του Σαγγαρίου, romanized: Máchi tou Sangaríou), was the decisive engagement in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), halting Greek advance towards Ankara and creating the circumstances for an upcoming Turkish counter offensive.
The battle went on for 21 days from August 23 to September 13, 1921, close to the banks of the Sakarya River in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı, which is today a district of the Ankara Province. The battle line stretched over 62 miles (100 km).
It is also known as the Officers' Battle (Turkish: Subaylar Savaşı) in Turkey because of the unusually high casualty rate (70–80%) among the officers. Later, it was also called Melhâme-i Kübrâ (Islamic equivalent to Armageddon) by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
The Battle of the Sakarya is considered to be the turning point of the Turkish War of Independence. The Turkish observer, writer, and literary critic İsmail Habip Sevük later described the importance of the battle with these words:
The retreat that started in Vienna on 13 September 1683 stopped 238 years later.
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Battle of the Sakarya. (2026, August 22). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Sakarya&oldid=1370602081
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“Battle of the Sakarya.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Aug. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Sakarya&oldid=1370602081.
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Wikipedia, “Battle of the Sakarya,” last modified August 22, 2026, 01:56 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Sakarya&oldid=1370602081.
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Wikipedia, “Battle of the Sakarya.”
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