Ottoman Fronts in World War I

The book, which consists of photographs, documents, maps and sketches covering the fronts where the Turkish army fought in World War I, was prepared with the aim of keeping alive the memory of the Great War, in which we had to fight in a wide geography and suffered hundreds of thousands of casualties.

The book, which also includes previously unpublished photographs from the General Staff ATASE Department Archive and Harbiye Military Museum collections, covers the process of the soldiers being called to arms after the declaration of mobilization, their departure to the fronts, the daily life there, inspections, clashes, prison camps, martyrs’ cemeteries left behind, and the war until its last day. It sheds light on the lives of soldiers and command staff who kept fighting despite all kinds of difficulties on many fronts from Çanakkale to Iraq-Iran, from Libya to Galicia. The section where Staff Major Mehmet Emin describes the Caucasus Front offers the opportunity to understand the events more closely and experience the moment, as it is based on firsthand testimony.

This book is also a valuable visual resource in terms of seeing the great experience gained on the fronts by the commanders who led the War of Independence and founded the Republic of Turkey after the war, when borders were redrawn around the world.