battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Geyve

Name: Battle of Geyve
Location: Geyve district, Turkey

Battle of Geyve was a battle fought in 1920 at Geyve district, in what is now Turkey. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Geyve district. It was part of the Turkish War of Independence, which ran from 1919 to 1923. The recorded result: Turkish victory.

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Fought1920

WhereGeyve district, Turkey40.509N, 30.290E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeTurkish victory

BelligerentsTurkish National Movement: Republic of Aras|Aras Republic; (1918–1919); Iğdır National Republic; (1918–1920); Provisional Kars Government; (1918–1919); Green Army; (1919–1920); Oltu Council Government; (1919–1920); Kurdistan; ( Kurdish People|Kurdish volunteersagainstAllied Powers: Kingdom of Greece; collapsible list|bullets=y|title=French Third Republic; ( Treaty of Ankara (1921)

Part ofTurkish War of Independence1919 to 1923

Where it sits in the Turkish War of Independence

4 placed engagements of the Turkish War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1920 (year precision)
Place	Geyve district, Turkey 40.509N, 30.290E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial change	Establishment of the Republic of Turkey

Placed at Geyve district; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Nicomedia 1333, 43 km NW
Siege of Xerigordon 1096, 43 km W
Siege of Nicaea 1113, 49 km W
Siege of Nicaea AD 727, 49 km W
Siege of Nicaea 1097, 49 km W

In the same war

Before: Battle of Karboğazı 1920
After: Battle of Batumi 1921
All 4 engagements of Turkish War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1920

Battle of Warsaw Poland
Battle of Maysalun Syria
Red Army invasion of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Kyiv offensive Ukraine
Red Army invasion of Armenia Armenia

Battle of Geyve is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 687 in present-day Turkey.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q20715211, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Geyve, revision 1384429487, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.