Andrew Andersen
TURKISH-ARMENIAN
WAR: SEP.24 – DEC.2, 1920 Several weeks before the treaty of Sevres was signed, Armenian
border troops got involved in the skirmishes against militant
Turkish-speaking tribes of Olti district, the
territory that formally belonged to The war broke out on September 20 1920, when the Turkish
army under Karabekir Pasha enforced by local Muslim
militiamen, launched a full-scale offensive along the whole perimeter of
Turkish-Armenian border. Four days later the war was officially declared. Click on the map for better
resolution By the end of September, the defense lines of Armenian
forces collapsed and the Turks took over the towns of Sarykamysh,
Kaghyzman, Ighdyr and Merdeniq. The advancing Turkish armies were devastating
the area and wiping out the civil Armenian population that did not have time
or willingness to flee. Simultaneously, some of Armenian regiments reportedly
started performing ethnic cleansing in |
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Armenian civilians fleeing |
In early October 1920, On October 30, the Armenians left |
Facing total collapse of the country, the government of
Armenia requested an armistice, and on November 18 1920, a cease-fire
agreement was concluded. Two weeks later, on December 2, the new peace treaty
was signed by Armenian and Turkish representatives in Alexandropol The conditions of the treaty of Alexandropol
were severe. This was the end of the Click here for the details of the Soviet conquest of
remaining Armenian territory |