During the Turkish War of Independence, the United Kingdom sought to undermine and contain the Turkish National Movement. London hoped the defeated Ottoman Empire would play a subservient role in its
Turkish forces enter Constantinople under the command of Şükrü Naili Pasha
Allied occupation forces on İstiklal Avenue, Constantinople
A cartoon drawn after David Lloyd George's resignation
A photo of Mahmud Barzanji
Chanak crisis
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The Chanak crisis, also called the Chanak affair and the Chanak incident, was a war scare in September 1922 between the United Kingdom and the Government of the Grand National Assembly in Turkey. Chan
British pilots of 203 Squadron look on as ground personnel service the engine of one of the squadron's Nieuport Nightjar fighters whilst detached to Gallipoli, Turkey, in 1922