Franco-Turkish War

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Was a war between France and the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. France started a military campaign in the southern territories of the Ottoman Empire because in the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement with the United Kingdom it had agreed to take control of the region.

Chronology

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December 1918: French troops occupy Osmaniye and Islahiye.
December 1918: French troops occupy Tarsus and Ceyhan and face the first exchanges of fire in Dörtyol in one of the opening acts of what will later be termed the Franco-Turkish War.
October 1919: French troops occupy Maraş and replace the British troops stationed in the city.
April 1920: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate Urfa faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
December 1918: French troops occupy Osmaniye and Islahiye.
January 1922: French troops evacuate Mersin.
December 1918: French troops occupy Osmaniye and Islahiye.
January 1922: French troops evacuate Mersin.
June 1920: The French retire their troops from Karadeniz Ereğli.
December 1918: The control over Çukurova was acquired by General Henri Gouraud, a French military commander, in a move that extended French military occupation to Pozantı in Gülek Pass (Cilicia Gates) on December 27, 1918.
February 1921: Antep's Turkish forces surrendered to French forces after 384 days of fighting.
February 1921: Antep's Turkish forces surrendered to French forces after 384 days of fighting.
December 1918: French troops occupy Antakya.
February 1921: Antep's Turkish forces surrendered to French forces after 384 days of fighting.
March 1921: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate Kadirli faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
January 1922: French troops evacuate Mersin.
February 1921: Antep's Turkish forces surrendered to French forces after 384 days of fighting.
October 1919: French troops occupy Maraş and replace the British troops stationed in the city.
February 1921: Antep's Turkish forces surrendered to French forces after 384 days of fighting.
March 1921: French occupation troops were forced to evacuate Feke faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
March 1921: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate Kadirli faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
March 1921: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate Kadirli faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
January 1922: French troops evacuate Mersin.
June 1920: The French retire their troops from Karadeniz Ereğli.
December 1918: French troops occupy Adana, Çukurova's largest city with central importance for southern Turkey.
June 1921: The French troops depart from Zonguldak.
April 1920: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate Urfa faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
December 1918: French troops occupy Antakya.
December 1918: The control over Çukurova was acquired by General Henri Gouraud, a French military commander, in a move that extended French military occupation to Pozantı in Gülek Pass (Cilicia Gates) on December 27, 1918.
June 1920: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate the entire region of Urfa, east of Euphrates.
March 1921: French occupation troops were forced to evacuate Feke faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
December 1918: French troops occupy Adana, Çukurova's largest city with central importance for southern Turkey.
February 1921: Antep's Turkish forces surrendered to French forces after 384 days of fighting.
June 1920: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate the entire region of Urfa, east of Euphrates.
December 1918: French troops occupy Tarsus and Ceyhan and face the first exchanges of fire in Dörtyol in one of the opening acts of what will later be termed the Franco-Turkish War.
June 1921: The French troops depart from Zonguldak.
November 1921: French troops evacuate Islahiye.
January 1922: French troops evacuate Dörtyol.
January 1922: French troops evacuate Dörtyol.
November 1921: French troops evacuate Islahiye.
March 1921: French occupation troops are forced to evacuate Kadirli faced to the resistance and assaults of the Turkish Revolutionaries.
December 1918: French troops occupy Osmaniye and Islahiye.

1. French Occupation of strategic places in Turkey after WWI

Were a series of French military actions to occupy territories in the southern part of the Ottoman Empire.

January 1919: The city of Bursa (a former Ottoman capital of central importance in northwest Anatolia) was also held by French forces for a brief period before the great summer offensive of the Greek army in 1920.
June 1920: Because of the resistance they faced during their one-year stay in the region, French troops begin to withdraw from Karadeniz Ereğli.
March 1919: Two French gunboats brought troops to the Black Sea ports of Zonguldak and Karadeniz Ereğli to command the Ottoman coal mining region.
November 1918: A French brigade entered Constantinople on 12 November 1918. On 8 February 1919, French general Franchet d'Espèrey - commander-in-chief of allied occupation forces in the Ottoman Empire - arrived in Constantinople to coordinate the occupation government.
November 1918: A French brigade entered Constantinople on 12 November 1918. On 8 February 1919, French general Franchet d'Espèrey - commander-in-chief of allied occupation forces in the Ottoman Empire - arrived in Constantinople to coordinate the occupation government.
November 1918: A French brigade entered Constantinople on 12 November 1918. On 8 February 1919, French general Franchet d'Espèrey - commander-in-chief of allied occupation forces in the Ottoman Empire - arrived in Constantinople to coordinate the occupation government.
June 1920: Because of the resistance they faced during their one-year stay in the region, French troops begin to withdraw from Karadeniz Ereğli.
March 1919: Two French gunboats brought troops to the Black Sea ports of Zonguldak and Karadeniz Ereğli to command the Ottoman coal mining region.
November 1918: A French brigade entered Constantinople on 12 November 1918. On 8 February 1919, French general Franchet d'Espèrey - commander-in-chief of allied occupation forces in the Ottoman Empire - arrived in Constantinople to coordinate the occupation government.
January 1919: The city of Bursa (a former Ottoman capital of central importance in northwest Anatolia) was also held by French forces for a brief period before the great summer offensive of the Greek army in 1920.

2. Cilicia Campaign

Was a French and British military campaign in southern Anatolia during the Franco-Turkish War.

November 1918: Tarsus, a city in modern-day Turkey, was occupied by French forces in 1918.
November 1918: Tarsus, a city in modern-day Turkey, was occupied by French forces in 1918.
November 1918: Tarsus, a city in modern-day Turkey, was occupied by French forces in 1918.
November 1918: Tarsus, a city in modern-day Turkey, was occupied by French forces in 1918.
November 1918: French forces land at Mersin.
November 1918: French forces land at Mersin.
November 1919: The city of Mardin was occupied by the French for one day.
November 1919: The city of Mardin was occupied by the French for one day.

3. French Withdrawal (Franco-Turkish War)

Was the withdrawal of French forces from Southern Anatolia.

November 1919: The French abandoned the occupation attempt of Mardin.
January 1922: The French evacuation of Anatolia was completed with the last troops leaving Osmaniye. France left all territories occupied in Cilicia and southern Turkey with the exception of the Republic of Hatay.
January 1922: On 5 January the French left Adana, Ceyhan and Tarsus to the Ottomans.
November 1919: The French abandoned the occupation attempt of Mardin.
February 1920: After 22 days of the Battle of Marash, the French occupation troops, followed by members of the local Armenian community, found themselves forced to evacuate Marash by the resistance and assaults of the Turkish revolutionaries.
January 1922: The French forces withdrew from the occupation zone in Turkey in the first days of 1922, about ten months before the Armistice of Mudanya. Beginning on 3 January, French troops evacuated Mersin and Dörtyol.
January 1922: The French forces withdrew from the occupation zone in Turkey in the first days of 1922, about ten months before the Armistice of Mudanya. Beginning on 3 January, French troops evacuated Mersin and Dörtyol.
January 1922: On 5 January the French left Adana, Ceyhan and Tarsus to the Ottomans.
January 1922: The French evacuation of Anatolia was completed with the last troops leaving Osmaniye. France left all territories occupied in Cilicia and southern Turkey with the exception of the Republic of Hatay.
January 1922: On 5 January the French left Adana, Ceyhan and Tarsus to the Ottomans.
January 1922: On 5 January the French left Adana, Ceyhan and Tarsus to the Ottomans.
February 1920: After 22 days of the Battle of Marash, the French occupation troops, followed by members of the local Armenian community, found themselves forced to evacuate Marash by the resistance and assaults of the Turkish revolutionaries.