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Arif Kızılyalın Wrote: Izmir, 104 Years Ago!

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Exactly 104 years ago today, at this very hour (morning), Atatürk's cavalry entered İzmir at the cost of their lives. It's hard to believe, they covered 450 kilometers in just 15 days! Captain Şerafettin – despite being attacked with bombs – raised our glorious flag at the İzmir Government House, Captain Zeki at the Command Headquarters, and Captain Reşat at Kadifekale, overlooking İzmir from the highest point, as the morning sun rose, never to …

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Exactly 104 years ago today, at this very hour (morning), Atatürk's cavalry entered İzmir at the cost of their lives. It's hard to believe, they covered 450 kilometers in just 15 days! Captain Şerafettin – despite being attacked with bombs – raised our glorious flag at the İzmir Government House, Captain Zeki at the Command Headquarters, and Captain Reşat at Kadifekale, overlooking İzmir from the highest point, as the morning sun rose, never to …

·Istanbul, Türkiye
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"September 9, 1922: 15 days that changed the fate of Turkey" September 9, 1922: the day when İzmir returned to Turkey 104 years ago, September 9, 1922, İzmir became Turkish again. This date, deeply rooted in the Turkish national memory, marks one of the decisive moments of the war of independence. In a few days, the army of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had transformed a military offensive into a strategic victory that would end the Greek occupation of …

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The last units of the Greek army evacuate Magnesia in Asia Minor and abandon Smyrna. This is the end of an era. After the battle of Toulmos Bunar and the surrender at Ali Veran, the Greek units retreated following the reverse course from the previous three years, pursued by the Turkish army and attacked […] The article SAN SIMERA – 26 August/8 September 1922: The end of the Asia Minor Campaign and the beginning of the disaster appeared first on …

MHP Chairman Devlet Bahçeli, in a message released on the 104th anniversary of the liberation of İzmir, described September 9, 1922, as the day the National Struggle culminated in victory. Commemorating Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and the heroes of the National Struggle, Bahçeli said, "May September 9 be blessed, and may İzmir remain a Turkish homeland forever."

The prescription book belonging to the Greek pharmacist Tholoos, preserved in the Halk Pharmacy in the historic Basmane district of Konak, İzmir, and whose last entry was made exactly one day before the liberation of the city on September 8, 1922, documents a century-old memory. This valuable book, allocated by the state to pharmacist Ali Bey in 1923, immediately after the War of Independence, and now preserved by his third-generation descendant…

The prescription book in the historic Halk Pharmacy in İzmir Basmane mirrors the history of the city's liberation. The century-old notebook, which was last registered on September 8, 1922, has been carefully preserved by the Dermancı family for three generations.

·Ankara, Türkiye
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Haberler broke the news on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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