“Sarıkamış must live as the manifestation of the great heroism in the souls of the Turkish Mujahideen.” W. E. D. Allen
Sosyal Bilimler Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2020
Collection summary
An article examining the Caucasus Front and the Sarıkamış operation of the First World War through Enver Pasha's strategic aims and foreign assessments (W. E. D. Allen).
The article treats the Caucasus Front as the Turks' gateway to Turkistan and the first line in the defence of Anatolia, discussing Enver Pasha's offensive plan and the course and outcome of the Sarıkamış operation, largely through foreign and enemy sources. It also notes the eventual Russian withdrawal from the front after the revolution in Russia. For this collection it provides background to the Caucasus Front and Enver Pasha's Caucasus policy rather than the 1918 Army of Islam itself.
The source's own abstract
The Caucasian Front, which opened against the Russian forces in the First World War, is important because it is seen as the gateway of the Turks to Turkistan Geography and it is the first front in the defense of Anatolia. Enver Pasha, who realized the power of Russians on this front and predicted the future, prepared an offensive plan with the desire to not transfer the door to the Caucasus. This plan continued with Turkish offenders sent to the Caucasus and Russia region with Enver Pasha's predictive attitude in the background. While the attack was met by the Russians as astonishment and psychological delusions, he had gained the Ottoman psychological victory under the command of Enver Pasha and both parties collided and gave mutual casualties during the hot encounter. It has been an operation that has printed Turkish success, belief and courage to Russian resources, and succeeded by the enemy pen. In the long term, the rebellion by Enver Pasha sent by the agents, Russia has caused the revolution in Russia has been completely withdrawn from the borders and Sarikamis Heritage Operation as the name of a long-term victory, the history has been written among the covered reality. The Ottoman Empire, which was 70,000 people, was attacked by a mob of 90,000 soldiers, who claimed that 90,000 soldiers had been killed by freezing without encountering Russia, and that they had been killed by Russia. While the losses in Russian and Ottoman sources have fallen apart, the act of doodling these facts without reference to the sources has come to light today. In this study; We will judge the created agenda by looking at the window of facts before and after the Sarikamis Ihata operation.
Index
- People
- Enver PaşaW. E. D. Allen
- Units and institutions
- Osmanlı OrdusuKafkas Cephesi