The Battle of Sakarya (Turkish: Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi), also known as the Battle of the Sangarios (Greek: Μάχη του Σαγγάριου), was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and Turkish War of Independence.The battle went on for 21 days from August 23 to September 13, 1921, close to the banks of the Sakarya River in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı, which is today a district of the Ankara Province.
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| - The Battle of Sakarya (Turkish: Sakarya Meydan Muharebesi), also known as the Battle of the Sangarios (Greek: Μάχη του Σαγγάριου), was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) and Turkish War of Independence.The battle went on for 21 days from August 23 to September 13, 1921, close to the banks of the Sakarya River in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı, which is today a district of the Ankara Province.
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| - 108captives
- 18,480 wounded
- 3,700 dead
- 5,639deserters
- 8,089 missing
- Total: 38,029ref|Although Turkish casualties state 5,639 deserters and 8,089 missing, these two casualty figures belong to the period between the Battle of Kütahya–Eskişehir and the Battle of Sakarya.|group=Note
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| - Greece
- Grand National Assembly
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| - Tactically inconclusive
- Greek advance halted
- Turkish strategic victory
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| - 120,000 soldiers
- 1,309swords
- 1,350 swords
- 18 airplanes
- 196 cannons
- 2 aircraft
- 2,768 machine guns
- 240 1-ton trucks
- 3,780 officers
- 386 cannons
- 5,401officers
- 54,572rifles
- 57,000 rifles
- 600 3-ton trucks
- 825machine guns
- 96,326 soldiers
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