War in Turkey

The War in Turkey as of 15 October 2155.

Participants|  **Turkey****Supported by:** League Solar* Iberia
* Netherlands
* Italy
* Caribbean Union

The **War in Turkey** (Turkish: **Türkiye'de savaş**; Russian: **Война в Турции**, tr. ***Voyna v Turtsii***) (24 August 2154 - present) is an ongoing conflict involving Turkey, supported by four nations of the League Solar—Avant-Garde Iberia, the Free Republic of the Netherlands, Italian Republic, and the Caribbean Union—defending against the Union of Free Eurasian Republics and the Greater Republic of Bulgaria and Marmara.

The War in Turkey began when tensions between Eurasia and Turkey spiked after a Eurasian frigate escorting a ship carrying refugees from the Rift was sunk by a Turkish torpedo off the coast of Georgia on 23 August 2154, leading to the deaths of hundreds of Eurasian sailors. This pivotal event, coupled with already sour relations between the two nations, would lead to war.

## Background

### **Turkey and Eurasia**

Tensions between Turkey and the UFER in this region were already relatively high prior to the war, as Turkey's government had let several kinds of illicit activities that negatively affected Eurasia occur. These reportedly began a few decades ago.

## Pre-War Events

### **Human and Drug Trafficking**

Turkey's fragile government had let several drug and human trafficking rings to emerge within its borders, causing much chaos to erupt in these zones. On some occasions, these trafficking rings crossed into Eurasian territory, leading to tensions between Eurasia and Turkey due to the latter's inability to act.

### **Kurdic Persecution**

The Turkish government began to brutalize and persecute millions of ethnic Kurds within its borders, expelling them from their ancestral lands into Armenia, where Eurasian officials were forced to take emergency measures to ensure the safety and well-being of those refugees.

### **State-Sponsored Religious Persecution**

The Turkish government also began to persecute Orthodox Christian minorities, especially those of Eurasian origin. They refused to extradite Eurasian citizens arrested there and used much cruelty when punishing them, even permitting their executions in some cases.

### **Black Sea Incident**

The sinking of a Eurasian frigate and the deaths of hundreds of Eurasian sailors was essentially the last straw for Eurasia, which announced its declaration of war soon after the event.

## War

### **Outbreak of War**

Shortly after the declaration of war, on 24 August 2154, Eurasian exoskeleton and shock troops crossed the Aras River and attacked the eastern Turkish city of Igdir and were successful, allowing Eurasian forces to send an armored column into the city. Next, a power armor regiment moved in to finish off local forces to secure the city. By 26 August 2154, Igdir was under Eurasian control.

On 6 October 2154, Eurasian forces took the mountain pass next to Mount Ararat and made an advance for Dogubeyazit, which was then attacked by a Eurasian armored column. Local Turkish forces were initially crushed by the Eurasian tanks as exosekeleton units moved in to secure parts of the town. The Turkish forces were able to barely hold off the Eurasian infantry and then organized a counterattack, which was successful in destroying several Eurasian tanks. However, after a Eurasian attack, the local garrison suffered heavy losses.

On 11 October 2154, further north, on the Armenian Plateau, Eurasian forces poured into Turkey, pushing towards Kars. They organized a pincer attack on the city, planning to secure the railay to the north and the highway to the south using exoskeleton infantry. This assault on the railway was a massive failure with Turkish troops ambushing their Eurasian counterparts, but the highway was successfully secured.

By 12 October, the Turkish forces defending the railway were eliminated, but both sides suffered heavy casualties. A bit after, some enemy troops in Kars moved out to attempt to take back a section of the railway and were successful, defeating the battered Eurasian armred regiment. At the same time, part of the exoskeleton forces at the south regrouped to attack from the north and were barely successful, managing to drive enemy troops back to Kars. As Eurasian troops moved into the city, resistance was fierce, but they managed to break through, securing Kars on 15 October 2154.

### **Continued Advances**

After Kars was captured, a separate Eurasian army group departed Georgia on 16 October 2154, crossing the border into Turkey and consisting of mostly mountaineer infantry. They were sent to secure the town of Ardahan, several miles north of Kars. Their initial attack failed as local forces managed to hold them off, but a second attack was more successful with the Eurasians securing part of the town. A Turkish counterattack failed and was followed with an attack from the Eurasians, which the Turkish forces were barely able to repel. The remaining Eurasian troops retreated from the town to regroup and local forces saw this as an opportunity to strike back, dealing heavy blows to the Eurasian forces.

On 21 October 2154, several more groups of mountaineers took up positions outside the city, followed by a missile strike launched from Kars, which failed as the missiles were shot down. The mountaineers then attempted to attack the town and managed to defeat the battered Turkish forces, securing Ardahan.

Eurasian forces attempted several paratrooper droppings on several cities on 28 January 2155, yielding mixed results. On 31 January, Eurasian forces tried to achieve air superiority over northeastern Turkey, initially failing but later succeeding after a second attempt. After this, Eurasian forces would be occupied elsewhere in Europe, specifially in Italy.

Eurasian advances continued on 28 February 2155, when paratroops from several cities began their attacks simultaneously and were generally successful. On 5 April 2155, Turkish forces launched a counterattack at Diyadin and were annihiliated, followed by a Eurasian attack on the city, which was very successful and led to the capture of Diyadin. After the victory at Diyadin, troops at Dogubeyazit launched an attack agsinst the Turkish forces ast the west and tried to meet up with the paradrops at Diyadin. Despite harsh resistance, the gap was closed, and troops at Muradiye launched another attack towards the northeast, attempting to reach Çaldiran. Turkish forces were initally able to hold them off, but this defense, coupled with a counterattack, caused them to suffer many casualties. By 7 April, Çaldiran was taken.

On 10 August 2155, paratroopers landed in Erzurum and managed to secure a foothold despite fierce Turkish resistance and anti-aircraft fire. A Eurasian fighter squadron was then deployed over the city to secure air superiority and help the paratroopers, seeing some success. Next, the paratroopers launched massive attacks throughout the city, which was a tremendous success, letting much of the city fall to Eurasian forces. A Turkish counterattack would be disasterous, and a following attack would result in a bloody battle throughout the city, resulting in many civilian deaths and heavy casualties on both sides. The fighting ended with a victory for Eurasian forces, who would secure the city within the next few days.

#### **Turkish Counterattack**

Turkish forces assembled forces in the north to launch a counterattack, hoping to recapture Kars from Eurasia. From their base in Horasan, squeezed between occupied Erzurum and Kars province, they launched an attack on the town of Sarikamis. The attack was a major failure, with most Turkish forces being completely wiped out. Nevertheless, the Turkish forces brought reinforcements to launch a second attack, which resulted in a victory fior the Turkish, albeit with heavy casualties on both sides.

They retook part of the city but were running low on manpower and supplies, but regardless, they began another attack, which failed. Taking advantage of this situation, Eurasian forces resumed their advance through Erzurum, which was successful. A final attack was then launched to secure the city, which was an overwhelming success.

#### **Eurasian Encircling Operation**

After their victories, Eurasian forces set their sights on the cities of Trabzon and Bayburt. High command planned on encircling a massive Turkish pocket in the northeast by launching paratroopers there, where they would advance until they met up with the forces in Erzurum, who would then have closed the gap between themselves and Kars, completing the encirclement. The operation was given the greenlight on 24 August 2155, and air squadrons full of power armor-equipped mountaineer paratroopers took off towards the west.

Paratroopers first dropped into Trabzon, which was a success. The drops into Bayburt were less successful, but local Turkish forces were still defeated. Although the Eurasian dropping operations were fairly disaterous, the enemy was still caught off-guard and ran while the paratropers reorganized. On 22 September, Turkish forces scrambled to defend the city as thousands of Eurasian troops paradropped from the sky in the middle of the night. An hour after they landed, the Turkish launched an attack on Eurasian landing zones, which was an absolute disaster. Turkish forces nearly retook parts of the city but were repelled by the attacking Eurasians, who would secure the city by 23 September.

On 4 October 2155, Eurasian troops regrouped outside of Bayburt and launched an attack on Turkish forces stationed in the city, which was successful. The local forces continued to try to press the Eurasians into the defensive but were relatively unsuccessful in this venture. After Eurasians continued to make gains in the city, Turkish jets took off from Bayburt airport in order to seize air superiority from the Eurasians, which they managed to achieve for a bit. The Turkish forces were defeated by 7 October. After this, Eurasian forces regrouped and began to attack Gumushane, which was an easy victory for Eurasia.

On 13 October, a Eurasian troops pushed east towards Bayburt and repeled two Turkish counter pushes at Arzular. An exoskeleton assault through the mountains eliminated Turkish mountaineers, and after that, they pushed to Aksar.