Eastern Front (Turkey)

Eastern Front
ActiveJune 9[1]–15, 1920–December 8–9, 1920
CountryTurkey
SizeFront
Part ofTurkish Army
Garrison/HQErzurum, Sarıkamış, Kars
EngagementsTurkish–Armenian War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Kâzım Karabekir Pasha
General Hüseyin Yalabık

The Eastern Front (Modern Turkish: Şark Cephesi or Doğu Cephesi) was one of the fronts of the Army of the Grand National Assembly during the Turkish War of Independence. Its commanded all military units in Eastern Region. At first, its headquarters was located at Erzurum, and moved to Sarıkamış, then Kars during the Turkish–Armenian War (which itself is usually referred to synecdochically as the Eastern Front of the Turkish War of Independence).

The Eastern Front has its foundations in remnants of the XV Corps of the Ottoman Army. It engaged in the Turkish–Armenian War and the Georgian operations.

  1. ^ T.C. Genelkurmay Harp Tarihi Başkanlığı Yayınları, Türk İstiklâl Harbine Katılan Tümen ve Daha Üst Kademelerdeki Komutanların Biyografileri, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1972.