1921

6 January 1921	The Greeks started to move towards Eskisehir.
6-10 January 1921	The First Battle of Inönü and the victory.
9 January 1921	Bilecik was occupied by the Greeks.
17 January 1921	The Turkish Delegation went to Tbilisi for negotiations.
17 January 1921	The Turkish Grand National Assembly issued a circular concerning the rebel Ethem.
20 January 1921	The first constitution was accepted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
22 January 1921	Units of Cerkez Ethem were defeated completely.
23 January 1921	The ship "Alemdar" sailed from Istanbul to Black Sea to join to the National Struggle. (During this time the ship had fell under the French's hand but on 28 January, it was rescued by the ship's unarmed crew. )
24 January 1921	The rebel Ethem revolt was suppressed.
24 January 1921	Fevzi Pasha was appointed as the president of the Executive Committee.
26 January 1921	The Entente States asked from the Grand Vizier Tevfik Pasha to send a delegation to the London Conference.
28-29 January 1921	After arriving to Türkiye, Mustafa Suphi and his friends who were returning to Russia by sea, were caught and killed at sea by the men of Yahya Kahya. (This incident, from time to time, was used against Mustafa Kemal and Kazim Karabekir as negative propaganda.)
29 January 1921	Turkish Delegation moved from Tbilisi to Baku.
31 January 1921	Bekir Sami's committee returned from Moscow to Ankara.
5 February 1921	Ankara decided to send a delegation to London Conference.
6 February 1921	During a talk with the reporter of "The sovereignty of the People" newspaper, Mustafa Kemal said, "Communism is a social subject."
6 February 1921	"The Sovereignty of the People" became a daily newspaper. (For some time it was not published on Sundays, and on the fierce days of the war it started to publish supplementaries, and later on it had become a complete daily newspaper.)
8 February 1921	The Turkish Grand National Assembly accepted the title of "Gazi-the victorious fighter" to be given to the city of Ayintap (now Antep) due to its heroic resistance demonstrated against the enemy.
9 February 1921	Gaziayintap (Now Gaziantep) surrendered to the French after signing an agreement.
10 February 1921	Mustafa Kemal departed for the Front. (Returned back on 15 February.)
17 February 1921	All the Independence Tribunals, except the one in Ankara, were abolished.
21 February 1921	London Conference began.
22 February 1921	Turk-Soviet negotiations started.
23 February 1921	The Government of the Turkish Grand National Assembly gave an ultimatum to Georgia for the evacuation of Ardahan, Artvin and Batum.
25 February 1921	The Red Army entered to Tbilisi.
26 February 1921	Turkish-Soviet negotiations started.
28 February 1921	The first budget was accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. (The year 1920 budget was 630.149,58 Turkish Liras. On 11 September 1920, a "Temporary 6 Months' Budget Law" was passed.)
1 March 1921	Treaty of Amity was signed with Afghanistan in Moscow. The Commander of the Western Front Ismet Bey was promoted to General.
2 March 1921	Dr. Adnan Bey became the vice president of the Assembly.
6 March 1921	Kocgir revolt began. (It was suppressed on 17 June 1921.)
7 March 1921	Ahmet Izzet and Salih Pashas were released.
11 March 1921	The Eastern Front forces occupied Batum.
12 March 1921	The London Conference ended.
12 March 1921	The National Anthem, "The March of Independence" was accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
14 March 1921	The Eastern Front forces occupied Ahiska.
15 March 1921	Talat Pasha was killed in Berlin.
16 March 1921	Treaty of Moscow was signed between the Government of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the Soviet Union.
18 March 1921	After the Georgians attacked the Turkish Nationalist Forces, the Red Army units entered to Batum.
21 March 1921	Due to having connections with the leftist organization called "The Green Army" immunity of Tokat deputy Nazim (Resmor), Afyon deputy Mehmet Sükrü (Koc) and Bursa deputy Servet abolished in a secret session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
23 March 1921	The Greek assault started at the Bursa and Usak fronts.
25 March 1921	Sapanca was occupied by the Greeks.
26 March 1921	Adapazari was occupied by the Greeks.
28 March 1921	Our Eastern units evacuated Batum, Ahiska and Ahilkelek.
7-8 April 1921	Afyon was taken back from the Greeks.
12 April 1921	To protest the Greek cruelty in Anatolia, Mustafa Kemal issued a declaration for the world humanity.
12 April 1921	Mehmet Emin (Yurdakul) and Yusuf Akcura arrived to Ankara.
13 April 1921	The battle of Dumlupinar started between the Turkish and the Greek forces.
15 April 1921	Ahmet Anzavur was killed in Bandirma area. (The Sultan had given him the title of "pasha.")
18 April 1921	Ismail Fazil Pasha died. (Father of Ali Fuat Cebesoy, the Minister of Public Works.)
22 April 1921	In a statement given to The Sovereignty of the People newspaper Mustafa Kemal said "The freedom and the independence are my character."
23 April 1921	"To accept the 23 April as a national holiday" law was passed from the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
27 April 1921	Izmit was occupied by the Greeks.
28 April 1921	Ziya Gökalp and his 39 friends, who had been released by the British from Malta, arrived in Istanbul.
30 April 1921	The French woman journalist, Geoges Berthe Gaulis arrived in Ankara. (She was seen by Mustafa Kemal. She wrote articles and books in favour of the Republic.)
3 May 1921	The Western Front was united again.
8 May 1921	Bekir Sami Bey resigned from the Minister of External Affairs.
9 May 1921	Cerkez Ethem was sentenced to death.
10 May 1921	In the Turkish Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kemal and his friends formed the "Anatolia and Rumelia Defence of Rights Group" that is known as the "First Group"(The next day Mustafa Kemal was selected as the president of the Group. The second group had consisted of the opposition.)
13 May 1921	The High Commissaries (Pell,Rumbold and Garroni) of the Entente States in Istanbul declared both of the straits as "Demilitarized Zone".
16 May 1921	Yusuf Kemal became the Minister of External Affairs.
19 May 1921	A new cabinet was formed under the presidency of Fevzi Pasha.
24 May 1921	Mustafa Sagir (who had come to Ankara as the representative of India's Moslems, but it had been found out that, in fact he was a spy and his mission was to kill Mustafa Kemal) was executed.
25 May 1921	The Italians had withdrawn from Marmaris.
1 June 1921	The Italians started to withdraw from Antalya Region.
9 June 1921	The representative of France, Franklin Bouillon arrived in Ankara.
12 June 1921	The Greek King Constantine arrived in Izmir.
13 June 1921	Capanoglu Halit Bey was executed in Amasya.
13 June 1921	The Turkish Grand National Assembly appointed Mustafa Kemal as the Commander-in Chief.
17 June 1921	Kocgiri revolt was suppressed.
18-19 June 1921	Paris negotiations started. (The three big states offered Greece to be her mediator.)
21 June 1921	The Greeks were withdrawn from Adapazari.
21 June 1921	The French evacuated Zonguldak.
28 June 1921	The Turkish forces entered to Izmit.
30 June 1921	Child's Welfare Association was established.
5 July 1921	The Greek King Constantine gave the order of attack. The Italians completely withdrew from Antalya.
7 July 1921	The Greek King Constantine went to the Front.
8 July 1921	The battle of Kütahya-Eskisehir started.
10 July 1921	The Greek forces started a general attack.
13 July 1921	The battle of Afyon-Altintas.
15 July 1921	With the order of the Western Front Commander the Turkish Armed forces withdrawn.
16 July 1921	The Education System Congress began in Ankara and Mustafa Kemal made the opening speech.
17 July 1921	Mustafa Kemal Pasha inspected the Front.
18 July 1921	Mustafa Kemal arrived from Ankara to the headquarters of the Western Front in Karacahisar.
24 July 1921	The Western Front headquarters was moved to Polatli.
25 July 1921	The Turkish Army withdrew to the east of the Sakarya river.
26 July 1921	The Greeks decided to attack Ankara.
5 August 1921	The law, granting Mustafa Kemal as the Commander-in-Chief for a three-month period with wide authority, had passed.
7-8 August 1921	Mustafa Kemal Pasha, as per the authority given to him by the law of the Commander-in Chief, issued the National Obligation orders and informed the public for the materials to be given to the Army.
8 August 1921	Ali Fethi (Okyar) returned from Malta to Ankara.
9 August 1921	42 Regiment arrived to Ankara.
12 August 1921	Mustafa Kemal went to Alagöz headquarters.
12 August 1921	Mustafa Kemal and Fevzi (Cakmak) Pasha arrived to the Front's headquarters in Polatlı. (While over there, Mustafa Kemal falls down from the horse and injures himself, than goes to Ankara for medical treatment. After that he had returned back to the front on 17 August 1921.)
14 August 1921	Sivrihisar was occupied by the Greeks.
15 August 1921	The Greek King Constantine ordered to move towards Ankara.
18 August 1921	Halide Edip's request for a duty at the Front was accepted by Mustafa Kemal.
23 August 1921	The Battle of the Sakarya, which will last for 22 days and 22 nights, began.
28 August 1921	Delibas Mehmet was killed.
11 September 1921	The Greek forces started to withdraw.
13 September 1921	The Victory of Sakarya.
14 September 1921	The mobilization was declared. The Group organization was abolished and a new structure formed as an Army Corps.
17 September 1921	The Greek Army started to withdraw towards Eskisehir
18 September 1921	Mustafa Kemal returned to Ankara.
19 September 1921	Mustafa Kemal Pasha was given the title of Gazi-The Victorious Fighter, and he was promoted to Field Marshal.
21 September 1921	The Turkish Army moved to the west of the Sakarya river.
24 September 1921	Franklin Bouillon came to Ankara on the 21 September and started to meet with Gazi Mustafa Kemal.
26 September 1921	The meetings started at Kars between Kazim Karabekir and the representatives of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Soviet Union.
5 October 1921	Ali Ihsan (Sabis), who was returned from Malta, arrived to Ankara.
7 October 1921	First Army, linked to the Western Front, was formed.
13 October 1921	Kars Treaty was signed between the government of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and the Caucasus Republics (Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia).
20 October 1921	Ankara Treaty was signed between the Government of The Turkish Grand National Assembly and the government of France.
23 October 1921	An agreement was signed in Istanbul between the representative of Ankara, Hamit Bey and the representative of Britain, Sir H. Rumbold for the exchange of the British prisoners of war and the Turks who were prisoners in Malta. (The released Malta prisoners arrived to Inebolu on 31 October.)
31 October 1921	The law extending the Commander-in-Chief title of Gazi Mustafa Kemal three more months was accepted in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
1 November 1921	It was decided by the Turkish Grand National Assembly to present a gift to Pierre Loti who supported the Turkish cause.
12 November 1921	Hamdullah Suphi was resigned from the Minister of Education.
15 November 1921	Rauf Bey who was returned from the exile joined to the Assembly.
21 November 1921	The Turkish Grand National Assembly decided to thank the French journalist G. B. Gaulis.
5 December 1921	Adana entered into the control of the Ankara Government.
7 December 1921	The French started to withdraw from Kilis.
8 December 1921	Fourth Meletios was elected as the Fener (a district) Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Istanbul.
11 December 1921	The "Anatolian Society" whose objective was to stop Anatolian movement that was forming in Istanbul, suggested to the Greek High Commissary to form a temporary government on the behalf of the Sultan in the Greek occupied areas.
13 December 1921	The Ukrainian Committee under the presidency of General Frunze arrived to Ankara.
24 December 1921	Osmaniye was liberated from the French occupation.
20 December 1921	The Turkish Flag was hoisted to the Army Corps building.
25 December 1921	Liberation of Gaziantep.
27 December 1921	The French withdrew from Tarsus.