Beyaz Harp: Kafkas Cephesi-Sarıkamış Harekatı - Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa Operasyonları

White War: Caucasus Front-Sarıkamış Operation - Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa Operations Book Description November 1, 1914. The day when a relentless struggle that would last three years began. Average altitude is 2000 meters. Indescribable cold, a layer of snow covering every part of the ground, a strong smell of gunpowder mixed into the air. An apocalyptic atmosphere whose end is unknown where and when: The Caucasian Front. For the Ottoman Empire, the First World War began with the Caucasian Front. After the bombardment of the Turkish navy in the Black Sea, the Russian Caucasian army crossed the Turkish-Russian border and started the war. For three years from this date, the Caucasian Front witnessed the bloodiest struggles ever recorded. The study in hand shows that you cannot fight without your economic and military power, that the number of martyrs in the Sarıkamış Operation was not 90 thousand, that Teşkilat-ı Mahsusa was an unconventional war organization rather than an intelligence organization, and that although the Caucasus Front was shown as a lost front, if it had not been opened, the Russians could easily have entered Istanbul. It reveals, based on documents, that it can invade. The struggle of those who were martyred without a standard so that they would not be captured in the Sarıkamış Operation, the operations of the Special Organization officers who wanted to conquer the Caucasus, all the struggles in Erzurum, Erzincan, Artvin, Rize and Trabzon, the losses due to epidemic diseases and the most tragic consequences of the war. migrations; Turkish and Russian sources are scanned and presented for the first time in this book, accompanied by colorful sketches. Dr. With his book White War, Süleyman Tekir fills a huge gap in our military history regarding the First World War and provides a new perspective on the front by comparing Turkish and Russian sources. (From the Promotional Bulletin)