siege, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Urfa
Battle of Urfa was a siege conducted on 9 February 1920 at Şanlıurfa, in what is now Turkey; it lasted 2 months. It was part of the Franco-Turkish War, which ran from 1918 to 1921. The recorded result: Turkish victory; Turkish breached Safe conduct. Recorded strength: 3,000 against 473.
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Where it sits in the Franco-Turkish War
Record
| Date | 9 February 1920 to 11 April 1920 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Şanlıurfa, Turkey 37.150N, 38.800E | |
| Kind | Siege, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 3,000 | 473 |
| Casualties and losses | Unknown | ~460 killed or captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Edessa AD 260, same recorded site
- Siege of Edessa 1144, same recorded site
- Siege of Edessa 1146, same recorded site
- Siege of Edessa AD 163, same recorded site
- Siege of Edessa AD 610, same recorded site
Contested ground: this site was fought over 9 times between AD 163 and 1920.
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Marash 21 January 1920
- After: Siege of Aintab 1 April 1920
- All 3 engagements of Franco-Turkish War
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 Urfa 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 Q4821146, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Urfa, revision 1370592011, 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.