Yunan Küçük Asya Ordusu`nun Sakarya Muharebesi`ndeki Başarısızlık Nedenleri

Abstract

The Greek Army ended with a great defeat before reaching its aim in the Ankara Operation Sakarya which was initiated by the Entente States with the support of the Ankara Government to sign the Sevres Agreement and to break the violent resistance to the occupations. With the defeat, the course of the Anatolian adventure of the Greek Asia Minor Army changed and the Greek Commanders who constantly considered the attack until that day, went to defensive operations after the Battle of Sakarya. The causes of failure were explained in detail by military specialists of the period, which they wrote after the war. Many people, including politicians and soldiers, who had failed in the War of Sakarya, were tried at the end of the war in Greece, and six Greek ministers and commanders, mainly Prime Minister Gunaris, were executed. The aim of the work is to analyze the causes of the defeat in the Greek Army`s Sakarya Battle. The theme of the work emphasized the importance of the Greek History of the loss of the Battle of Sakarya, one of the most important combatants of the National Struggle period. In the study, Turkish and Greek Military History was analyzed using first-hand sources, in the context of the case-event relationship. The study covers the period of Sakarya battle.