Possible terms of the Ankara Government to establish a settlement between Turkey and Britain during the War of Independence given by Mr. Raouf Ahmet to Mr. Toynbee (July 1921). The below documents explicate Ankara’s criteria for reaching an agreement concerning the issues of minorities, non-Turkish residents, the Straits, the borders and economic status of the [...]
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CHANGING TURKEY opens the British archives on Turkey’s War of Independence [PART II]
Posted in HISTORICAL NARRATIVES on April 21, 2012 |
CHANGING TURKEY opens the British archives on Turkey’s War of Independence
Posted in HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, tagged archives, Ataturk, enver pasha, misak-i milli, Turkey, turkish gran national assembly, war of independence on April 5, 2012 |
‘Changing Turkey in a Changing World’ reveals various British archives on the Turkey’s Independence War in order to assist the historians working on the field. The documents below are mostly the diplomatic correspondence between the British Ministry of War and the British Embassy in Istanbul during 1920 and 1921. The documents assess the political composition [...]
British Red Cross in Turkey during the Balkan Wars 1912-1913
Posted in HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, tagged balkan wars, diary, red cross on November 28, 2009 |
JOHNSTONE, A. Duncan (1913), With the British Red Cross in Turkey. The experiences of two volunteers, 1912-13 … Sketches by F. Lyon.. pp. vii. 197. James Nisbet & Co.: London.+ The diary of two British Red Cross volunteers for working in hospitals in Turkey during the Balkan Wars between the years 1912 and 1913. Given [...]
THE TURKISH BRIGADE IN KOREAN WAR
Posted in HISTORICAL NARRATIVES, tagged korean war, kunuri battle, tahsin yazici, Turkey, Turkish Armed Forces on November 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The advance party of the Turkish Brigade or Turkish Armed Forces command, arrived in Pusan on 12 October 1950. The main body numbering 5190 troops arrived five days later, on 17 October. Brigadier General Tahzin Yazici commanded the brigade. Colonel Celal Dora was assistant Brigade Commander. When the main body arrived the brigade went into [...]
