On 30 April , Italy responded Response to the possible idea of Greek incorporation of Western Anatolia by also sending Sending a warship to Smyrna ( Izmir ) as a show of force against the Greek campaign .

The Greek campaign of Western Anatolia began Process_start on 15 May 1919 , as Greek troops began Process_start landing Motion in Smyrna .

Greek troops moved Motion from Smyrna outwards to towns on the Karaburun peninsula , to Selçuk , situated Placing a hundred kilometers south of Smyrna at a key location that commands Control the fertile Küçük Menderes River valley , and to Menemen towards the north .

Greek troops moved Motion from Smyrna outwards to towns on the Karaburun peninsula , to Selçuk , situated Placing a hundred kilometers south of Smyrna at a key location that commands Control the fertile Küçük Menderes River valley , and to Menemen towards the north .

The first Smyrniote crusade began Process_start with the naval victory of the Battle of Pallene and ended Process_end with an assault on Smyrna , capturing Conquering the harbour and the citadel but not the acropolis , on 28 October 1344 .

In February 1346 it won a victory over the Turks at Mytilene but Humbert did little more at Smyrna than sortie against the Turks and refortify the Christian section of the city .

The next five years were occupied Hold by Clement VI with attempts to negotiate Communication a truce with the Turks , who kept Preserving Smyrna in a constant state of siege by land and direct Aiming financial and military aid to the city .

The Seljuq campaigns Military_operation in the Aegean refer Name_conferral to the ground and naval actions conducted Action by the Seljuk Turks , chiefly under the leadership of Tzachas of Smyrna against the Byzantine Empire .

A fierce opponent , Tzachas constructed Building the first Turkish navy and captured Conquering a few Aegean islands , supplemented Supply by the conquest Conquering of Smyrna and Abydos .

His capital , Smyrna , and most of the Aegean coastline were recovered Recovering by Doukas in 1097 , ending Process_end the Turks ' direct access Having_or_lacking_access to the Aegean .

Along with the Occupation of Smyrna it mobilized the establishment of the Turkish National Movement and the Turkish War of Independence .