Turkish–Armenian War (1920)

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The Turkish–Armenian War (1920) was a brief but decisive conflict between the First Republic of Armenia and the Turkish Nationalist forces that led to major territorial losses for Armenia and helped shape the modern borders in the region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
war
alsoKnownAs Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
surface form: Armenian–Turkish War of 1920

Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
surface form: Turkish–Armenian War
belligerent Armed Forces of Armenia
surface form: Armenian Army

Turkish nationalist forces
surface form: Turkish Nationalist forces
commander Drastamat Kanayan
Kazım Karabekir
Ovanes Hakhverdyan
conflictBetween First Republic of Armenia
Turkish nationalist forces
surface form: Turkish National Movement
countryInvolved First Republic of Armenia
Grand National Assembly of Turkey
effect Armenia forced to renounce Treaty of Sèvres provisions
collapse of effective Armenian control over Kars
loss of Surmalu uezd by Armenia
shaped modern Turkish–Armenian border
endTime 1920-12-03
followedBy Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
surface form: Sovietization of Armenia

Treaty of Kars
historicalContext aftermath of World War I in the Caucasus
dismantling of the Ottoman Empire
rise of the Turkish National Movement
impactOn First Republic of Armenia sovereignty
demographic changes in border regions
location Gyumri
surface form: Alexandropol (Gyumri) region

Eastern Anatolia
Kars Province
surface form: Kars region

South Caucasus
surface form: Transcaucasia
partOf Turkish War of Independence
precededBy Caucasus Front of World War I
surface form: Caucasus Campaign of World War I
relatedTo Armenian-Ottoman conflicts
surface form: Armenian Question

Caucasus front of the Turkish War of Independence
Treaty of Sèvres
result Treaty of Alexandropol
Treaty of Kars framework
decisive Turkish Nationalist victory
major territorial losses for Armenia
significantEvent capture of Kars by Turkish forces
capture of Sarıkamış by Turkish forces
occupation of Alexandropol by Turkish forces
startTime 1920-09-24
timePeriod November 1920
October 1920
September 1920
early December 1920
treaty Treaty of Alexandropol
Treaty of Kars

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First Republic of Armenia event Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Turkish War of Independence hasPart Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
this entity surface form: Turkish–Armenian War
Soviet–Turkish conflicts (interwar period) hasPart Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
this entity surface form: Turkish–Armenian War
Turkish–Armenian War (1920) alsoKnownAs Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
this entity surface form: Turkish–Armenian War
Turkish–Armenian War (1920) alsoKnownAs Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
this entity surface form: Armenian–Turkish War of 1920
First Republic of Turkey (Ankara Government) conflict Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
this entity surface form: Turkish–Armenian War
Turkish nationalist forces significantEvent Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
this entity surface form: War in the East (against Armenia)