{"id":809,"date":"2022-08-29T21:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T21:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/the-importance-and-history-of-august-30-victory-day\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:48:09","slug":"the-importance-and-history-of-august-30-victory-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/the-importance-and-history-of-august-30-victory-day\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance and History of August 30 Victory Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>August 30 Victory Day has a great importance in terms of Turkish history.  The Great Offensive, one of the greatest heroic epics the world has ever seen, ended in victory in Dumlup\u0131nar on 30 August 1922.  August 30, the date of the victory of the Turkish army under the command of the great leader Mustafa Kemal, is celebrated as an official and national holiday in Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus every year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Great Offensive, of which Mustafa Kemal was the commander-in-chief, is also known as the Battle of the Commander-in-Chief.  After the attack, the Greek armies that occupied the country were followed up to \u0130zmir, and with the liberation of \u0130zmir on September 9, 1922, the Turkish lands were freed from the Greek occupation.<\/p>\n<p>Although the occupiers moved away from the country&#8217;s borders after 30 August, August 30 represents the day when the country&#8217;s lands were taken back.  Victory Day, which has been celebrated in Turkey since 1926, was celebrated for the first time in 1924 on 30 August in Afyon with the name &#8220;Victory of the Commander-in-Chief&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"480\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3526\" data-lazy-=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos6.jpg\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3526\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3 id=\"h-buyuk-taarruz-oncesinde-yasananlar\">What Happened Before the Great Offensive<\/h3>\n<p>After the First World War, the Allied Powers started to occupy Anatolia under various excuses based on the provisions of the Mudros Armistice Agreement.  The Entente fleet occupied Istanbul, the French Adana, the British Urfa, Mara\u015f, Samsun and Merzifon, the Italians Antalya and southwestern Anatolia.  With the permission of the Allied Powers, the Greek army landed in Izmir on May 15, 1919.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish Nation started the Kuvayi Milliye operation with the awareness of being a nation against the occupations of the Allied Powers.  A multi-front political and military struggle was fought between 1919 and 1922 in order to preserve the integrity of the country within the borders of the National Pact.<\/p>\n<p>During the War of Independence, the Turkish army planned the Great Offensive, a covert operation, in order to deliver the final and decisive blow to the invading forces.  On 20 July 1922, Mustafa Kemal was given the authority of commander-in-chief for the fourth time by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.  Mustafa Kemal, who decided to attack in June, carried out the preparations in secret.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3527\" data-lazy-=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos2-1024x740.jpg\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"740\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos2-1024x740.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3527\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h3>What Happened in the Great Offensive<\/h3>\n<p>The Great Offensive started in Afyon on the night of the 26th of August to the 27th.  To lead the battle;  Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Chief of General Staff Fevzi Pasha (\u00c7akmak) took his place in Kocatepe, which is on the borders of Afyonkarahisar, together with the Western Front Commander \u0130smet Pasha (\u0130n\u00f6n\u00fc).  In the operation that started at dawn with artillery fire, Turkish military units took T\u0131naz Hill under control with a bayonet attack.  Then he saved Belentepe and Kalecik Sivri.  On the first day of the offensive, an area of \u200b\u200b15 kilometers from B\u00fcy\u00fck Kalecik Tepe to \u00c7i\u011filtepe was captured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3529\" width=\"839\" height=\"476\" data-lazy-=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos9.jpg\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3529\" width=\"839\" height=\"476\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>On 27 August, Afyon was liberated by the 8th Division, and the enemy&#8217;s 5th Division was neutralized on 28 and 29 August.  The commanders, who evaluated the situation on the night of 29 August, took action without delay.  On the morning of 30 August, Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha ordered the troops to attack at Zafertepe \u00c7alk\u00f6y.  In the Dumlup\u0131nar Pitched Battle, which was personally led by Mustafa Kemal, the Greek troops were surrounded and destroyed by the heroic army on both sides of the Alli\u00f6ren, Goats, K\u0131z\u0131lta\u015f Stream road.  The Great Offensive ended in victory on 30 August 1922.<\/p>\n<p>Mustafa Kemal Pasha, with his statement published in Dumlup\u0131nar on September 1, &#8220;Armies, your first target is the Mediterranean, forward!&#8221;  gave his order.  With this order, the Greek troops were followed up to Izmir and completely expelled from Anatolia on 9 September.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3530\" data-lazy-=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos4-1024x576.jpeg\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos4-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3530\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3531\" data-lazy-=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos7-1024x770.jpg\" title=\"\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/30-agustos7-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3531\" title=\"\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<h5>Share<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 30 Victory Day has a great importance in terms of Turkish history. The Great Offensive, one of the greatest heroic epics the world has ever seen, ended in victory in Dumlup\u0131nar on 30 August 1922. August 30, the date of the victory of the Turkish army under the command of the great leader Mustafa &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-what","category-when"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kasifiz.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}