Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's command of the Caucasian front in Diyarbakir
Şevket Beysanoğlu
Keywords: Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Atatürk, Diyarbakır, Caucasian front, 1. World War
Abstract
The commander-in-chief was in Thrace with the intention of preventing the Russian armies from advancing further and taking Diyarbakir and its environs, attacking the left flank of the Russian front and retaking Erzurum.2. He decides the army's eagerness to the Eastern Front. The commander of this army is Ahmet Izzet Pasha. 16. The Corps is also attached to this army and the commander of the Gallipoli war hero Colonel Mustafa Kemal is assigned to the Caucasus front and the order is given to move.