- CIRCULATED/UNCIRCULATED : Uncirculated
- COMPOSITION : Silver
- COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE : Turkey
- CERTIFICATION NUMBER : 5976416-036
- CERTIFICATION : NGC
- DENOMINATION : 50 Lira
- KM NUMBER : KM# 901
- GRADE : PR 64
- YEAR : 1972
Turkey
Silver PROOF 1972 50 Lira
GRADED NGC PF64 CAMEO
50th anniversary of August Victory
Kemal Atatürk's Entry into Smyrna
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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