Battle of Oltu

Battles of Oltu
Part of Turkish-Armenian War
Date25 June 1920, 5 September 1920
Location
Oltu, Armenia (present-day Oltu District of Turkey)
40°32′59″N 41°59′59″E / 40.5497°N 41.9997°E / 40.5497; 41.9997
Result

First Battle: Armenian Victory[1][2]

Second Battle: Turkish victory
Territorial
changes

First Battle: Armenia captures the eastern part of Oltu in July 16

Second Battle: Turkish capture of Oltu and Kars Oblast and its surroundings
Belligerents
First Republic of Armenia Republic of Armenia First Battle: Ottoman Empire Turkish National Movement
Second Battle: Ottoman Empire Government of the Grand National Assembly
Commanders and leaders
First Republic of Armenia Harutyun Hovsepian
First Republic of Armenia Hovhannes Mazmanian
First Republic of Armenia Colonel Shahbudaghian
First Republic of Armenia Nesterovskii		 Ottoman Empire Kâzım Karabekir
Ottoman Empire Halit Karsıalan
Ottoman Empire Ali Riza Bey

The Battles of Oltu were two armed conflicts; the first (18–25 June 1920) took place between Armenia and Turkish militias in the Oltu region, which at this time was part of Armenia.[3] The second battle was fought on 3–5 September 1920, marking the beginning of the Turkish-Armenian War, and consisted of Turkish forces driving the Armenians out of Oltu.

  1. ^ THE DECEIVED COMMUNITY Rebel Armenians. N.p., Gürbüz Mızrak, 2024.
  2. ^ Allen, William Edward David, and Muratoff, Paul. Caucasian Battlefields: A History of the Wars on the Turco-Caucasian Border 1828-1921. United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
  3. ^ Hewsen, Robert H. and Salvatico, Christopher C. (2001) Armenia: A Historical Atlas University of Chicago Press, Chicago, p. 237. ISBN 0-226-33228-4