Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief of Staff of a division based at Gallipoli during the Balkan War
Role range: 1912-1913
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Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Biography and Timeline
Follow Mustafa Kemal Ataturk through 23 dated historical records for Turkey.
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1913–1938Years on this page
1913
1915
Bigali Reserve Maintained before Landing
Mustafa Kemal keeps the 19th Division ready as a mobile reserve on the eve of the Allied landings.
Role range: 1914-1918
Conkbayiri Heights Reached ahead of Anzacs
Mustafa Kemal reaches the high ground and commits reserves before the Anzacs can secure the crest.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fifty-Seventh Regiment Counterattack Ordered
Mustafa Kemal orders the 57th Regiment to counterattack the advancing ANZAC troops.
Role range: 1914-1918
Fifty-Seventh Regiment Sent toward Chunuk Bair
Mustafa Kemal sends the 57th Regiment toward the heights after learning of the ANZAC landing.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Retreating Ottoman Troops Rallied
Mustafa Kemal rallies retreating Ottoman soldiers and orders them to hold the high ground above Anzac.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Mass ANZAC Counterattack Prepared
Mustafa Kemal helps prepare the large Ottoman assault intended to drive the Anzacs into the sea.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Nineteenth May Assault Repulsed
Mustafa Kemal's troops participate in the massive Ottoman attack that fails against prepared ANZAC defences.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Anafarta Group Command Assumed
Mustafa Kemal assumes command of Ottoman forces opposing the Allied advance around Suvla and Sari Bair.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Chunuk Bair Counterattack Prepared
Mustafa Kemal prepares a concentrated counterattack against British troops holding positions near Chunuk Bair.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Suvla Heights Secured before British Advance
Mustafa Kemal directs Ottoman forces onto the heights overlooking Suvla before the British can seize them.
Role range: 1914-1918
Chunuk Bair Recaptured by Ottoman Counterattack
Mustafa Kemal leads the counterattack that drives Allied troops from Chunuk Bair and restores Ottoman control.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Ottoman Night Counterattacks on Kiretch Tepe
Ottoman forces launch repeated bomb and bayonet counterattacks against the Allied foothold on Kiretch Tepe.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Scimitar Hill Defence Holds against Final Assault
Mustafa Kemal's Anafarta forces hold the commanding ground as successive Allied attacks at Scimitar Hill fail with heavy casualties.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
Nineteenth Division Held as Mobile Reserve
Mustafa Kemal prepares the 19th Division as a mobile reserve covering the central Gallipoli peninsula.
Role range: 1914-1918 – 1915-1915
1923
Population Exchange
League officials monitor humanitarian effects of the Greek-Turkish exchange.
Role range: 1923-1938
Treaty of Lausanne
The Lausanne settlement replaces the unratified Sevres settlement.
Role range: 1923-1938
1925
Brussels Line
The League of Nations supports the "Brussels Line", the border between Turkey and Iraq
Role range: 1923-1938
Mosul Question
Turkey rejects but later accepts the League-backed Mosul decision.
Role range: 1923-1938
1931
League of Nations
Turkey joins the League of Nations
Role range: 1923-1938
1938
Nationalization
Izmir Telephone enterprise is purchased by the Government
Role range: 1923-1938
Nationalization
The Uskudar & Kadikoy Water Companies are purchased
Role range: 1923-1938
Nationalization
The Istanbul Electric Company is purchased
Role range: 1923-1938
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.