The Turk Wars

The turk wars are the only conflicts on 2b2e that actually led to large scale battles (battle of fort defiance, battle for fort de vaux and the final stand at monongah mine to name a few) the two main groups involved were the Turks and Valkyria , both of which suffered heavy losses in the initial declaration of the war and engaged in large scale (for the time 10-20 players a side) combat. The war started over a dispute between the main playerbase and the Turkish players who often greifed community bases like cicada and were often seen spamming chat with the phrase "Türk varmi". Understandably, the community decided to do something about it , so called upon the militaristic faction of valkyria to deal with the influx of Turkish players.

***Fort-de-vaux***

Fort de vaux was a valkyrian base built into the side of a mountain and mainly used as storage as it had no other use beforehand. It had 2 entrances on either side and a vast array of tunnels running underground. It was a great location to start training it's new members and as a great resupply base as it was close to the frontline between the main turk base nicknamed 'Istanbul'. [The official frontline was at 15660, 67 , 3911] Despite valkyria's best efforts, the base was stumbled across by the Turkish player AltoVatent187. This prompted an attack on the base , valkyria sealed themselves inside the base , knowing the Turks didn't have enough TNT to get through the mountain around them. Unfortunately, the Turks found an exit tunnel to a mineshaft which led inside. The base fell quickly and was blown up by valkyria to halt the Turkish advance (5 players died in the explosion) the ruins of the base are located near 12k , 7k.

***Operation Der ÖberSturmVögel***

Valkyria was a heavily fascist group and many of it's associated items and bases are named after places and ideals from the third Reich , hence the operation's name. The operation was intended to be carried out in secret, but WorriedZebra acted on his own behalf, greifing a vital turk resource base , saving the valkyrian players time to plan another attack . While a relatively empty and seemingly untouched area now, on April 2nd the terrain of 15k , 4k was the site of an important pvp battle between the self-imposed leader of the Turks (AltoVatent187 as he won the battle at fort de vaux) and GundamTAKERU92's 'Kampfgruppe norge' [composed of Xxob117xX , Korone98 , Seigfreid1916 and some fucking french guy I can't remember the name of.] The deul was a major success for valkyria , it is shown many of the Turks left the Turkish faction , stealing gear from Turkish bases and collapsing the group from the inside.

***Fort defiance***

Fort defiance was valkyria's most heavily defended spawn base built to date. It consisted of an obsidian cased stone 'castle' with a large perimeter wall and several other smaller structures located within the wall. The remaining Turks new if they could capture or greif the base , it would prompt more players to join their cause and destabilise valkyria's morale. The Turkish players threw everything at the base, breaching the outer wall but being stopped in the courtyard. 16-18 players were involved in the assault, only 6 held the fort. The Turkish players died so often that they were going through more diamond armor sets than available, and towards the end of the "siege" Turkish players were charging in gold and iron armour , however these fanatical suicide charges would be in vain, the walls of the base held strong.

The turk wars eventually ended at the abandoned mining base of monongah at 110k , 100,000 blocks from where the original Turkish defence was built. Most players from around the time have quit 2b2e entirely so reports and information from this recent part of 2b2e's history is largely unknown , GundamTAKERU92 , xxob117xx and WorriedZebra are the few remaining players who witnessed these events in some capacity [it was rumoured that HomewardSeal635 was allied with the Turks and supplied then with gear] No Turkish players from this time remain and they have left little to no mark on the server and unless you know where to look , you would have no idea that they were ever there (apart from all the fucking "turk varmi" signs)