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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Occupation of İzmir
|partof=[[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]] <br> campaign of [[Turkish War of Independence]]
|image=[[Image:Izmir15Mayis1919.jpg|280px]]
|caption=Greek Soldiers taking their posts
|date=[[21 May]] [[1919]] – [[8 Sep]] [[1922]]  
|place=İzmir district [[occupied]] by [[Greece]]
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By September 9th, the Turkish army had entered İzmir, with the Greek authorities having left two days before. Large scale disorder followed, with the [[Christian]] population 
now suffering under attacks from soldiers and Turkish inhabitants. The Greek archbishop [[Chrysostomos of Smyrna|Chrysostomos]] had been lynched by a mob which included Turkish soldiers, and on [[September 13]], a fire from the Armenian quarter of the city had engulfed the Christian waterfront of the city, leaving the city devastated. The blame for the fire is divided between Turks,re are many testimonies and reliable sources that undoubtedly claim, that the fire was organized by [[Mustafa Kemal]] himself, and was executed by Turkish para-military organizations and fanatics coming from the depths of Anatolia together with the Turkish army. Few other sources, claim that, but do not give enough evidence that there are also Greeks, and Armenians or anto blame for the accident.<ref>Peter Kincaid Jensen, 1979. International Journal of Middle East Studies p564</ref>. Concluding, the fire has destroyed almost the Greek and Armenian inhabited regions of the city, but never reach the city's Turkish and Jewish neighborhood.
{{See|Great Fire of Smyrna}}

==Effects==
{{Further|[[Agreement of St.-Jean-de-Maurienne]], [[Population exchange between Greece and Turkey]]}}
The Italy and Anglo-French repudiation of the [[April 26]], [[1917]] which settled the middle eastern interest of Italy was overridden with the Greek occupation, as İzmir was part of the agreements promised to Italy. Before the occupation the Italian delegation to [[Paris Peace Conference, 1919]], dissatisfied about the possibility of the Greek occupation of Wester(contracted; show full)
{{War of Turkish Independence}}

[[Category:Aftermath of World War I]]
[[Category:Turkish War of Independence]]
[[Category:Wars involving Greece]]

[[tr:İzmir'in İşgali]]