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.

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

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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

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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