{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict=Greek landing at Smyrna
| partof=[[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] campaign of [[Turkish War of Independence]]
| image=[[Image:Izmir15Mayis1919.jpg|280px]]
| caption=Men of the [[1/38 Evzone Regiment]] at the Smyrna quay
| date=May 15, 1919
| place=[[Aidin Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]]
| casus=[[Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire]]
| territory=
| result=Greek Victory/[[Occupation of Smyrna]]
| combatant1={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}
| combatant2={{flag|Ottoman Empire}} {{flagicon|Turkey}} [[Kuvva-i Milliye]]
| commander1=Colonel [[Nikolaos Zafeiriou]]¹
| commander2=[[Ali Nadir Pasha]]² Hürrem Bey³ [[Ali Çetinkaya|Ali Bey]]⁴ Kâzım Bey⁵
| strength1=20,000 soldiers (May 15, 1919)<ref>Lord Kinross, ''Ataturk'', 1969, ISBN 0688010849, page 154</ref>
| strength2=200 soldiers (May 15, 1919)<ref name="kadir">[http://www.atam.gov.tr/index.php?Page=DergiIcerik&IcerikNo=386 ''Kuva-yı Milliye'nin Askeri Açıdan Etüdü''] Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi, (Yrd. Doç. Dr. Kadir Kasalak; Number 42, Edition: XIV, Kasım 1998, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin 75. Yılı Özel Sayısı)</ref>
| casualties1 =
| casualties2 =
| notes = 1: Commander of the [[1st Infantry Division (Greece)|Greek 1st Division]], 2: Commander of the [[XVII Corps (Ottoman Empire)#Order of Battle, May 15, 1919|Ottoman XVII Corps]], 3: Commander of the [[56th Division (Ottoman Empire)|Ottoman 56th Division]], 4: Commander of the 172nd Infantry Regiment ([[Ayvalık]]), 5: Commander of the 173rd Infantry Regiment ([[Urla]])
}}
{{Campaignbox Greco-Turkish War}}

The '''Greek landing at Smyrna''',<ref>Bilâl N. Şimşir, ''İngiliz belgelerinde Atatürk, 1919–1938, Volume 4'', Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 1984, p. 328.</ref><ref>Şükrü Server Aya, ''The Genocide of Truth'', Istanbul Commerce University Publications, 2008, ISBN 9789756516249, p. 79.</ref><ref>Louis Mitler, ''Contemporary Turkish Writers: A Critical Bio-bibliography of Leading Writers in the Turkish Republican Period up to 1980'', Indiana University, Research Institute for Inner Asian Studies, 1988, ISBN 9780933070141, p. 242.</ref><ref>Stavros T. Stavridis, ''The Greek-Turkish War, 1918–23: An Australian Press Perspective'', Gorgias Press, 2008, ISBN 9781593339678, p. 17, 138.</ref> also known as the '''Greek invasion of Smyrna'''<ref>Sylvia Kedourie, ''Turkey: Identity, Democracy, Politics'', Routledge, 1996, ISBN 9780714647180, p. 51.</ref><ref>Peter M. Buzanski, "The Inter-Allied Investigation of the Greek Invasion of Smyrna, 1919.", ''Historian'', 25 (May 1963) pp. 325–43.</ref><ref>Marian Kent, ''Moguls and Mandarins: Oil, Imperialism, and the Middle East in British Foreign Policy, 1900–1940'', Routledge, 1993, ISBN 9780714645049, p. 101.</ref> and the '''Greek invasion of Izmir'''<ref>Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley, ''Cities of the Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia'', ABC-CLIO, 2007, ISBN 9781576079195, p. 193.</ref><ref>Julie Marcus, ''A World of Difference: Islam and Gender Hierarchy in Turkey'', Zed, 1992, ISBN 9781856491853, p. 12.</ref><ref>Fanny Davis, ''The Ottoman Lady: A Social History From 1718 To 1918'', ISBN 9780313248115, Greenwood Publishing Group, 1986, p. 183.</ref> was event early in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) that led to a Greek occupation of the area.

==Society for the Defence of Ottoman Rights in Izmir==

The Society for the Defence of Ottoman Rights in Izmir<ref>Erik Jan Zürcher, ''The Unionist Factor: the Rôle of the Committee of Union and Progress in the Turkish National Movement, 1905–1926, BRILL, 1984, ISBN 90-04-07262-4, [http://books.google.com/books?id=BUGIBa78aWwC&pg=PA92&dq=%22Society+for+the+Defence+of+Ottoman+Rights+in+Izmir%22&hl=en&ei=jBUHTq-hDeGimQWU15m2DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Society%20for%20the%20Defence%20of%20Ottoman%20Rights%20in%20Izmir%22&f=false p. 92.]</ref><ref>. L. Macfie, ''The End of the Ottoman Empire, 1908–1923'', Longman, 1998, ISBN 9780582287631, p. 186.</ref> (''İzmir Müdafaa-i Hukuk-ı Osmaniye Cemiyeti''<ref>Mesut Çapa, [http://www.atam.gov.tr/index.php?Page=DergiIcerik&IcerikNo=609 "İzmir Müdafaa-i Hukuk-ı Osmaniye Cemiyeti (Aralık 1918 – Mart 1920)"], ''Atatürk Araştırma Merkezi Dergisi'', Sayı 21, Cilt: VII, Temmuz 1991. {{Tr icon}}</ref>) was organized to prepare for the potential invasion.

==Resignation of Nureddin Pasha==
[[Nureddin Pasha]] was appointed the governor of [[Aidin Vilayet]] and Aidin Area Command (''Aydın Bölge Komutanığı''), and supported activities of the Society for the Defence of Ottoman Rights in Izmir. But he was resigned by the pressure of the Allied Power. "Kambur" Ahmed Izzet Bey was appointed to new governor on March 11, and retired general Ali Nadir Pasha was appointed to new military commander on March 22.


==Allied fleet==
On May 11, Rear Admiral [[Mark L. Bristol]], the Commander of [[US Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters]]), came to Izmir from Istanbul with a battleship. British, French and Greek naval commanders discussed plans under the chairmanship of Admiral [[Somerset Gough-Calthorpe]] in the morning of May 14, 1919. The British forces would occupy [[Karaburun]] and [[Uzunada]], French forces would occupy [[Urla]] and [[Foça]], Greek forces would occupy [[Yenikale]] fortress.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Hakkı Güvendik, ''Türk İstiklâl Harbi, Batı Cephesi, Yunanlıların Batı Anadolu'da İstila Hareketlerine Başlamaları, İzmir’in İşgali, Mustafa Kemal Paşa'nın Samsun’a Çıkması, Millî Mukavemet'in Kurulması (May 15ıs – 4 Eylül 1919)'', Cilt 2, Kısım. 1, Genkurmay Başkanlığı Basımevi, Ankara, 1963. {{Tr icon}}
* Celal Erikan, ''Komutan Atatürk'', Cilt I-II, Üçüncü Basım, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2001, ISBN 975-458-288-2. {{Tr icon}}
* Zekeriya Türkmen, ''Mütareke Döneminde Ordunun Durumu ve Yeniden Yapılanması (1918–1920)'', Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, 2001, ISBN 975-16-1372-8. {{Tr icon}}

==See also==
*[[Megali Idea]]
*[[Occupation of Smyrna]]
*[[Hasan Tahsin]]

==External links==
* [http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/sampapers/GREEKOCCUPATIONOFIZMIR.pdf Greek Occupation of Izmir and Adjoining Territories: Report of the Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry (May–September 1919)], SAM, 1999.

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