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(October 2010)| |Turkish War of Independence| After Izmir
Offensive; The Turkish Army's Entry to Izmir (September 9, 1922)
|Ankara Government||Allied Powers Ottoman Empire[e] (1919–22)
|Commanders and leaders| | Mustafa Kemal Pasha Ali Fuat Pasha |
Henri Gouraud Louis Franchet d'Esperey Somerset Arthur Gough-
Calthorpe Charles Harington Harington Süleyman Şefik Pasha | May
1919: 35,000 Nov. 1920: 86,000 (creation of regular army) Aug.
1922: 271,000[note 2] | 80,000 (Dec. 1919) |Casualties and
losses| | 13,000 killed 22,690 died of disease 5,362 died of
wounds or other non-combat causes 7,000-22,000 civilian and
military (POW)[f] Total: 83,052 - 98,052 | 19,362 killed 4,878
died outside of combat 10,000 prisoners[note 3] The Turkish War
of Independence (Turkish: İstiklâl Harbi, literally meaning
"Independence War" or Kurtuluş Savaşı, literally meaning
"Liberation War;" May 19, 1919 – July 2