Allied occupation of Smyrna

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historical event military occupation

The Allied occupation of Smyrna was the post-World War I landing and control of the city by mainly Greek and other Allied forces, which became a flashpoint in the Greco-Turkish War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Liberation of İzmir	2
Allied occupation of Smyrna canonical	1
Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922	1
Greek landing at Smyrna	1
Greek landing at Smyrna in 1919	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ military occupation ⓘ
affects	Greek population of Smyrna ⓘ Turkish population of Smyrna ⓘ
chronology	began with Greek landing in May 1919 and ended with Turkish recapture in 1922 ⓘ
conflict	Turkish War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
describedAs	flashpoint in the Greco-Turkish War ⓘ key episode in the collapse of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
endTime	1922-09 ⓘ
followedBy	Great Fire of Smyrna ⓘ Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ population exchange between Greece and Turkey ⓘ
hasCause	Armistice of Mudros ⓘ Megali Idea doctrine ⓘ surface form: Megali Idea (Greek irredentist policy) decisions of the Paris Peace Conference (1919) ⓘ
hasEffect	intensification of Greek–Turkish hostilities ⓘ international diplomatic tensions among Allied powers ⓘ
legalBasis	Allied authorization under postwar armistice arrangements ⓘ
location	Smyrna ⓘ Izmir ⓘ surface form: İzmir
occupyingForce	France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Kingdom of Greece ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
opponent	Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ Turkish nationalist forces ⓘ surface form: Turkish National Movement forces of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
partOf	aftermath of World War I ⓘ dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ partition of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
precededBy	Ottoman rule in Smyrna ⓘ
relatedTo	Greek occupation of Eastern Thrace ⓘ Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
result	Turkish nationalist victory in western Anatolia ⓘ end of Greek administration in Smyrna ⓘ
significantEvent	Allied occupation of Smyrna self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greek landing at Smyrna Great Offensive of 1922 ⓘ surface form: Turkish Great Offensive (1922) advance of Greek forces into western Anatolia ⓘ entry of Turkish nationalist forces into Smyrna in 1922 ⓘ establishment of the Occupation Zone of Smyrna ⓘ retreat of Greek forces from Asia Minor ⓘ violence during the Greek landing of 15 May 1919 ⓘ
startTime	1919-05-15 ⓘ
supportedBy	Entente Powers ⓘ surface form: Triple Entente powers
timePeriod	post-World War I era ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Armistice of Mudros → followedBy → Allied occupation of Smyrna ⓘ

Megali Idea doctrine → significantEvent → Allied occupation of Smyrna ⓘ

subject surface form: Megali Idea

this entity surface form: Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922

Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire → significantEvent → Allied occupation of Smyrna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek landing at Smyrna in 1919

9 September Fair → namedAfter → Allied occupation of Smyrna ⓘ

this entity surface form: Liberation of İzmir

9 September (Dokuz Eylül) → event → Allied occupation of Smyrna ⓘ

subject surface form: 9 September

this entity surface form: Liberation of İzmir

Allied occupation of Smyrna → significantEvent → Allied occupation of Smyrna self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek landing at Smyrna