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 Armenian–Turkish War of 1920 ⓘ
Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
belligerent Armenian Army ⓘ
Turkish Nationalist forces ⓘ
commander Drastamat Kanayan ⓘ
Kazım Karabekir ⓘ
Ovanes Hakhverdyan ⓘ
conflictBetween First Republic of Armenia ⓘ
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 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 Alexandropol (Gyumri) region ⓘ
linked to: Gyumri

Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
Kars region ⓘ
linked to: Kars Province

Transcaucasia ⓘ
linked to: South Caucasus
partOf Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
precededBy Caucasus Campaign of World War I ⓘ
relatedTo 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 ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Soviet–Turkish conflicts (interwar period) → hasPart → Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Turkish–Armenian War (1920) → alsoKnownAs → Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Turkish–Armenian War (1920) → alsoKnownAs → Armenian–Turkish War of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
First Republic of Turkey (Ankara Government) → conflict → Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Turkish nationalist forces → significantEvent → War in the East (against Armenia) ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Treaty of Moscow (1921) → definedBorderBetween → Turkey and Soviet Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Battle of Sardarabad → precededBy → Ottoman offensive in Eastern Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Government of the Grand National Assembly → conflict → Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Treaty of Alexandropol → resultOf → Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Battle of Bash Abaran → precededBy → Ottoman offensive in Eastern Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Ovanes Hakhverdyan → conflict → Turkish–Armenian War of 1920 ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)
Red Army invasion of Armenia → precededBy → Turkish–Armenian War ⓘ
linked to: Turkish–Armenian War (1920)