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Battle of Bergama
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Battle of Bergama | |||||||
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Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) | |||||||
![]() The town of Bergama in 2014, seen from the ancient acropolis of Pergamon | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
12 June: Major Apostolos Sermakezis 18–20 June: Col. Charalambos Tseroulis Col. Mavroudis | Kemal Muratoğlu | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
12 June: 800 infantry, 80 cavalry, 3 machine guns, 2 cannons[1] 18–20 June: 3,000 infantry[2] | 500 irregulars and regulars[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
10 dead, 9 wounded, 86 missing in action (mostly killed)[4][5] | Unknown | ||||||
Evacuation of 80,000[6]-100,000[7] Turkish civilians from the area. |
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The Battle of Bergama was fought at and near Bergama (ancient Pergamon, now a district center of İzmir Province, Turkey) between the Greek army and forces of the nascent Turkish National Movement (Kuva-yi Milliye) during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. The Turkish forces pushed the Greek army from Bergama on 15 June, but the town was recaptured on 22 June.