French occupation of Cilicia

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The French occupation of Cilicia was a post–World War I military and administrative control of the Cilicia region in southern Anatolia by France, marked by conflict with Turkish nationalist forces and ending with French withdrawal in the early 1920s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
French occupation of Cilicia canonical 2
French forces in Cilicia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
military occupation ⓘ
administeredBy French High Commission in the Levant ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup Arab population of southern Anatolia ⓘ
Armenians in Cilicia ⓘ
linked to: Cilician Armenia

Turks in Cilicia ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialJurisdiction Ottoman Empire ⓘ
cause Allied partition plans for the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Sykes–Picot Agreement ⓘ
defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I ⓘ
chronology followed by consolidation of Turkish control over southern Anatolia ⓘ
conflict Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
conflictType colonial conflict ⓘ
national liberation conflict ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endCause Treaty of Ankara (1921) ⓘ
military successes of Turkish National Movement ⓘ
endTime 1921 ⓘ
1922 ⓘ
follows Armistice of Mudros ⓘ
hasPart Battle of Marash ⓘ
Cilicia Peace Treaty negotiations ⓘ
Franco-Turkish War ⓘ
historicalRegion Cilicia ⓘ
legalBasis Armistice of Mudros occupation clauses ⓘ
linked to: Armistice of Mudros
location Cilicia ⓘ
southern Anatolia ⓘ
militaryBranch French Army ⓘ
French Foreign Legion ⓘ
opponent Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
Kuva-yi Milliye ⓘ
participant Armenian Legion ⓘ
France ⓘ
French Army of the Levant ⓘ
linked to: Army of the Levant

Turkish National Movement ⓘ
partOf Franco-Turkish War ⓘ
post–World War I Allied occupations of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
result French military withdrawal from Cilicia ⓘ
Treaty of Ankara (1921) ⓘ
transfer of Cilicia to Turkish nationalist control ⓘ
significantEvent Marash massacres ⓘ
evacuation of Armenian population from Cilicia ⓘ
startTime 1918 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Adana ⓘ
linked to: Adana Vilayet

Antep ⓘ
Marash ⓘ
Urfa ⓘ
linked to: Şanlıurfa

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire → hasPart → French occupation of Cilicia ⓘ
Turkish nationalist forces → opposedTo → French forces in Cilicia ⓘ
linked to: French occupation of Cilicia
Franco-Turkish War → hasCause → French occupation of Cilicia ⓘ