Franco-Turkish War
| Franco-Turkish War | |||||||||
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| Part of the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||||
Clockwise from top to left: Turkish prisoners of war after the Siege of Aintab, Armenian volunteers in the French army, French-Armenian Legion volunteers, Turkish guerrillas in 1919, Sütçü İmam's shooting of a French soldier, Turkish guerrillas in Urfa. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Henri Gouraud |
Ali Fuat Pasha Ali Saip Bey "Kılıç" Ali Bey Şefik "Özdemir" Bey Şahin Bey † | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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: Mar. 1920: 25,000–30,000 |
~18,000 men (early phase) Total: 25,000 men | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 5,000+ dead | Unknown | ||||||||
| Both sides together: 15,000+ casualties | |||||||||
The Franco–Turkish War, known as the Cilicia Campaign (French: La campagne de Cilicie) in France and as the Southern Front (Turkish: Güney Cephesi) of the Turkish War of Independence in Turkey, was a series of conflicts fought between France (the French Colonial Forces and the French Armenian Legion) and the Turkish National Forces (led by the Turkish provisional government after 4 September 1920) from December 1918 to October 1921 in the aftermath of World War I. French interest in the region stemmed from the Sykes-Picot Agreement and was further fueled by the refugee crisis following the Armenian genocide.