Gelibolu During the National Struggle

With the conquest of the region from (Gelibolu) Gallipoli to Tekirdag, Gallipoli became an important base of operations for the Ottoman raids into Thrace and the Balkans during the reign of Orhan Bey's son, Süleyman Pasha. Gallipoli, which had been a Sanjak center belonging to the Rumeli Beylerbeyliği until 1533, was attached to the Cezayir-i Bahr-i Sefid Governorship after Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha was appointed as Navy Commander and to this governorship. Although there was a calm period in the region until the Crimean War, when the Russians posed a threat to the Straits, the Ottoman Empire formed an alliance between France and England. With the Berlin Treaty, which was signed at the end of the 1877-78 Ottoman-Russian War, the Russians were prevented from reaching their ambitions on the Straits. Gallipoli has been the subject of historical studies due to its historical, strategic, and political importance. Yet there are not many studies about the region during the National Struggle Period. The examination of Ottoman and Republican Archives, Dr. Fahri Cemal's report on Türkiye’s Sanitary and Intimate Geography Gallipoli Province and the State Yearbooks will help to shed light on the subject. While giving information about the non-Muslims living in Gallipoli, explanations will be made about the Russians who lived in Gallipoli for nearly three years during the National Struggle Period. The process, which started with the implementation of the Mondros Armistice Agreement, will continue with the occupation of Gallipoli and the Akbaş raid, and will be completed with the Liberation of Gallipoli from the enemy occupation and its handing over to the Parliamentary Government, the signing of the Armistice of Mudanya, the Treaty of Lausanne, and the Demilitarization of Gallipoli.

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