Turkey Silver 1972 50 Lira NGC MS62 Atatürk's Entry into Smyrna KM# 901 (037)

Turkey 

Silver 1972 50 Lira 

GRADED NGC MS62

50th anniversary of August Victory

Kemal Atatürk's Entry into Smyrna

Low Mintage-171,179.34mm

 KM# 901

Obverse: Atatürk on horse left



Obverse Designer: A. Kumuk



Reverse: Uniformed figures in battle

Kemal Atatürk's Entry into Smyrna

After a series of battles during the Greco-Turkish war, the Greek army advanced
as far as the Sakarya River, just eighty kilometers west of the GNA. On 5 August
1921, Mustafa Kemal was promoted to Commander in chief of the forces by the GNA.
The ensuing Battle of Sakarya was fought from 23 August to 13 September 1921 and
ended with the defeat of the Greeks. After this victory, on 19 September 1921,
Mustafa Kemal Pasha was given by the Grand National Assembly the rank of Mareşal
and the title of Gazi. The Allies, ignoring the extent of Kemal's successes,
hoped to impose a modified version of the Treaty of Sèvres as a peace settlement
on Ankara, but the proposal was rejected. In August 1922, Kemal launched an
all-out attack on the Greek lines at Afyonkarahisar in the Battle of Dumlupınar
and Turkish forces regained control of Smyrna on 9 September 1922.

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