1920 | The Other Sarıkamış

During my recent unscientific poll I discovered that the Turkish Americans did know very little about Turkish-Armenian War fought as part of the Turkish War of Independence. There is dismal ignorance.

Mavi Boncuk |

September 29, 1920 | 

Battle of Sarıkamış (1920) Part of Turkish-Armenian War

Commanders 

DRA: Simon Vratsian and Dr. Artashes Babalian 

Turkish Nationalist Army: Kazım Karabekir

The Battle of Sarıkamış was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on September 29, 1920 at Sarıkamış. By September 28, Karabekir's forces had occupied Sarıkamış and the following day Kağızman.