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Line 5: | partof = the [[Franco-Turkish War]] | image = Kuvayi Milliye Kürt milisler 1919-1920.jpg | caption = Kurdish militias taking up arms against occupying French forces | date = February 9 – April 11, 1920 | place = [[Şanlıurfa|Urfa]], [[Aleppo Vilayet]], [[Ottoman Empire]] | result = [[Turkey|Turkish]] victory * Turkish breached [[Safe conduct]] | combatant1 = {{flagicon image|Ottoman_flag_alternative_2.svg}} [[Kuva-yi Milliye]]<br />{{flagicon|Kurdistan}} Kurdish tribes | combatant2 = {{flagcountry|French Third Republic}} | commander1 = {{flagicon image|Ottoman_flag_alternative_2.svg}} [[Ali Saip Ursavaş|Ali Saip Bey]] | commander2 = {{flagicon|French Third Republic}} Major G. Hauger {{KIA}} | strength1 = 3,000<ref>[http://www.belgeler.com/blg/spk/kurtulus-savasinda-levazim-ikmal-faaliyetleri-the-supplies-activities-during-the-turkish-war-of-independence ''The supplies activities during the Turkish war of independence''], Murat Günal Ataman, Hacettepe University (Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History), Ankara 2007, page 49</ref> | strength2 = 473 Line 21: }} The '''Battle of Urfa''' ({{lang-tr|Urfa Muharebesi}}, {{lang-fr|Le guet-apens d'Ourfa}}) was an uprising in the spring of 1920 against the [[France|French]] army occupying the city of [[Urfa]] (modern Şanlıurfa) by the [[Turkish National Forces]]. The French garrison of Urfa held out for two months until it sued for negotiations with the Turks for [[safe conduct]] out of the city. The Turks reneged on their promises, however, and the French unit was ==Background== | |||