Turkish Independence War from White Russians' Perspective and Their Relations with Ankara Government
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In Turkey, there are many studies dealing with White Russian Refugees that came to Istanbul after they lost the Civil War to the Reds following the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. While an important bulk of these studies examine their struggle for life and their impacts on and contributions to social and economic life in Istanbul, some others cover the White Russian Army. In a similar way, there have been many studies in Turkish, dealing with Turkish-Soviet relations. Some of these studies mention how Russian refugees viewed the Turkish Independence War. In these studies, mostly Turkish and Ottoman sources were used. Even though all are very important studies, they fail to present Russian view of Turkish Independence War based on Russian sources. This article, on the other hand, utilizing Russian White memoirs and some Russian archival and modern Russian studies, aims to open a different window to the Turkish Independence War and relations between Russian Refugees and Turkish Nationalist and the Allied Powers.