19 February 1915Outer Batteries Withstand Opening BombardmentCevat Cobanli
Cevat's gunners resist the first large Allied bombardment of the straits.
Historical records for Turkey in 1915, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Cevat's gunners resist the first large Allied bombardment of the straits.
Hakki prepares Nusret for a covert mining mission across Erenkoy Bay.
Cevat's defence preserves the newly laid Erenkoy mine line from Allied detection.
Hakki Bey commands Nusret as it lays a concealed line of mines across Erenkoy Bay.
Hakki's Nusret lays a fresh line of mines parallel to the Asian shore in Erenkoy Bay.
Cevat's forts engage the Allied battleships during the largest naval attack on the straits.
Cevat uses concealed mobile artillery to harass civilian-crewed minesweepers operating at night.
Mustafa Kemal keeps the 19th Division ready as a mobile reserve on the eve of the Allied landings.
Esat releases additional troops to contain the ANZAC beachhead during the first day.
Commands the resistence to Allied landings at "Anzac Cove" near Gaba Tepe
Mustafa Kemal reaches the high ground and commits reserves before the Anzacs can secure the crest.
Mustafa Kemal orders the 57th Regiment to counterattack the advancing ANZAC troops.
Mustafa Kemal sends the 57th Regiment toward the heights after learning of the ANZAC landing.
Mustafa Kemal rallies retreating Ottoman soldiers and orders them to hold the high ground above Anzac.
Halil Sami reinforces Ottoman defenders resisting the British landings around Sedd el Bahr.
Esat directs Ottoman reserves as Allied troops land at Helles and Anzac.
Sefik's regiment helps inflict severe losses on troops attempting to land at V Beach.
Halil Sami prepares the 9th Division to defend the southern peninsula and landing beaches.
Esat coordinates Ottoman formations defending the peninsula before the Allied invasion.
Sefik deploys the 26th Regiment across key beaches and ridges around Cape Helles.
Mustafa Kemal helps prepare the large Ottoman assault intended to drive the Anzacs into the sea.
Mustafa Kemal's troops participate in the massive Ottoman attack that fails against prepared ANZAC defences.
Leads Ottoman forces attacking the Sultanate of Lahej.
Captures Lahej during the Yemen campaign.
The offensive pushes British-supported defenders back toward Aden.
Ottoman forces retain the area until the end of the war.
Commands resistence to Allied Landings at Sulva Bay
Mustafa Kemal assumes command of Ottoman forces opposing the Allied advance around Suvla and Sari Bair.
Mustafa Kemal prepares a concentrated counterattack against British troops holding positions near Chunuk Bair.
Mustafa Kemal directs Ottoman forces onto the heights overlooking Suvla before the British can seize them.
Mustafa Kemal leads the counterattack that drives Allied troops from Chunuk Bair and restores Ottoman control.
Ottoman forces launch repeated bomb and bayonet counterattacks against the Allied foothold on Kiretch Tepe.
Mustafa Kemal's Anafarta forces hold the commanding ground as successive Allied attacks at Scimitar Hill fail with heavy casualties.
The Allies lose over 40,000 men after failing to cross the Gallipoli peninsular
Appointed Colonel
Appointed Commander the Nineteenth Division based at Rodosto on the Gallipoli Peninsula
Appointed Commander the Nineteenth Division based at Rodosto on the Gallipoli Peninsula
Cevat directs Ottoman coastal artillery and mine defences protecting the Dardanelles approaches.
Appointed General
Appointed General after "Anzac Cove" & Suvla Bay
Mustafa Kemal prepares the 19th Division as a mobile reserve covering the central Gallipoli peninsula.
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