Most of the country was occupied and the Greek forces that landed in Izmir were marching towards the interior of Anatolia. The soldiers were waiting for a great commander to lead them; Anatolia was waiting for its savior to reappear on the stage of history as an independent Turkish State.

After centuries of marching to the West, would Anatolia, the last piece of homeland of the centuries-long return, be given to the enemy, and would the impoverished people of Anatolia accept the bitter script written by imperialism?

No!

The fire that Mustafa Kemal lit in Anatolia in 1919 was not only the fire of liberation of Turks and Turkey. This fire would shine as a torch of national independence and liberation, spreading from the Middle East to the shores of North Africa, all the way to the interior of Africa…

For many years, many nations fighting the War of Independence would recognize this Kemalist movement initiated by Atatürk as a great example of success.

This work by researcher and author Metin Soylu is the story of the “Torch of Liberation and Resurrection” that Mustafa Kemal ignited in Erzurum, moving from Samsun to Izmir. It is the history written by Atatürk, who brought a state out of ruins and a nation out of a nation…

Course Title : Anadolu’da Yakılan Ateş – Fire Burned in Anatolia

Author : Metin Soylu
Genre : History (Review-Research)

Type No : 07

Publication No: 34

-Contributors-

General Publication

Director : Metin Soylu

Publication Editor : Mehmet Bican

Media Planning Anıl Culfa
Redaction : Sevil Yücedağ
Cover Image: Cihan Engin

Cover : Ayhan Aslan

Skin Information : American Binding – 350 gr.
Matte coated

Paper Information : Special Paper Holmen – 70 gr.

Printing Date : May 2024

Edition Number : 1st Edition

Page Count : 240

Dimensions : 13 x 19.5 cm

Isbn No: 978-605-73036-5-3
Barcode No: 978-605-73036-5-3

Label Price : 300 ₺