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United Kingdom during the Turkish War of Independence
Conflict between the United Kingdom and the Turkish National Movement / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the Turkish War of Independence the United Kingdom sought to undermine and contain the Turkish National Movement. London hoped the defeated Ottoman Empire would play a subservient role in its new Middle Eastern order drawn up over several diplomatic agreements during World War I, culminating with the Treaty of Sèvres. Another goal of the British was to prosecute Ottoman war criminals, which they thought Constantinople/Istanbul was not taking seriously.
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Anglo-Turkish War (1918–1923) | |||||||||
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Part of the Turkish War of Independence | |||||||||
![]() Turkish forces enter Constantinople under the command of Şükrü Naili Pasha | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
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States simultaneously at war with the Turks: | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Strength | |||||||||
28,000 soldiers in Constantinople, unknown in Mosul (5,000 in the Battle of Derbent)[16] |
27,419 in Constantinople
Total in Constantinople: ~38,000[28] |
In addition to diplomatic initiatives against the Istanbul and the Ankara governments, British Empire forces directly fought the Nationalist Forces on the Al Jazira front and in scattered actions among Anatolian occupation garrisons. With military force ineffective, and not wanting to commit to a potential new war, Britain provided instrumental support for Greece in the Greco-Turkish War and to the Istanbul government. In the end of the conflict, the United Kingdom almost formally declared war against the Ankara government during the Chanak Crisis, and its conclusion lead to the Allies abandoning Constantinople to Ankara forces, and fall of the David Lloyd George cabinet.