A Study Of The Greco-Turkish War After The First World War

Since the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453,the Greek nation has long been under the rule of the Ottoman Empire.Until the 19 th century,the wave of Western liberal and democratic ideological movements rose,and the Greek nationalist consciousness awakened and continued to grow.At the same time,the Ottoman Empire was in decline,and its control over the former territory was not as good as before.The Greek nation took the opportunity to resist the alien rule of the Ottoman Turks and sought to establish an independent and sovereign nation-state.After 8 years of independence war,Greece gained independence in 1830 with the support of Western countries.After independence,the Greek country supported by the “Megali Idea”,closely cooperating with Western powers,and constantly plundering land from the Ottoman Empire to achieve its unification of territories and expansion of its territory,which eventually led to the outbreak of the Greek-Turkish War.This article combs through relevant domestic and foreign documents,including a large number of monographs,papers,etc,to explain the historical background and development process of the Greek-Turkish war,and then analyzes and explores the impact of the war on the Turkish state,Greek-Turkish relations and Western policies.The full text is divided into three parts:The first part is the introduction,which mainly discusses the main basis of topic selection,research status at home and abroad,the theoretical and practical significance,as well as the research characteristics and innovations.The first part is the main body,and divided into three chapters.The first chapter analyzes the historical background of the international order and the outbreak of the war after the First World War,analyzes the changes in Greece and the Ottoman Empire in modern times,and finally discusses the relationship between Greece and Turkey after its independence.The interest disputes in Crete and the Balkans laid the gunpowder for the second Greek-Turkish war.The second chapter is the research process of the Greek-Turkish war.Analyze the domestic situation and military equipment of both sides,including the views and attitudes of the international community,to pave the way for the analysis of the war process;then divide the spontaneous guerrillas of Turkey in the early stage of the war,the battle of Sakarya,the turning point of the Greek-Turkish war,and Turkey.The three stages of the Great Counter-offensive conduct a comprehensive study of the course of the Greek-Turkish war;finally,it studies the foreign policy changes of Western countries during the war.The third chapter studies the historical impact of the Greek-Turkish war.This chapter first analyzes the impact of the Greek-Turkish War on Turkey,including the victory of the Turkish National Independence Movement,the treatment of the Ottoman Empire’s heritage,and the Kemal Nationalist Reform;then it analyzes the impact of the war on Greek-Turkish relations,including the territorial issues and population exchanges between the two sides.Disputes and games on the issue;because the Greek-Turkish war had a certain impact on the international situation after the First World War,the final analysis of the impact of the war on international relations.The third part is the conclusion.The war between Greece and Turkey which lasted for three years is a stage dispute in the relations between Greece and Turkey,and the diplomatic relations between the two countries are still developing continuously.In a world of unprecedented change,no country can stand alone.If Turkey and Greece want to develop on the road of peace,resolving the territorial issue is the top priority.Only when the Cyprus issue and the Aegean issue get a breakthrough,can the relations between the two sides achieve substantive reconciliation,establish a more lasting partnership,and take the road of peaceful development together.