Birinci Dünya Savaşı Başlarında Artvin ve Çevresindeki Bazı Olaylar

Abstract

One of the biggest events the world has ever seen is the first World War. Before and after, the effects of this great war, which affected close to the entire world with its causes and consequences, are felt even today. As well as the first World War, why and how the Ottoman Empire entered this war has been debated for a century. The parallel will and rule of the Germans in the Ottoman State, which was first secret and then obvious, significantly affected the fate of the Turks. The Caucasus is the first front where the Ottoman Empire fought and suffered great losses, sometimes as a result of the persuasion of German officers, sometimes as a result of their command. Artvin and its surroundings are the scene where the Ottoman Empire opened the curtain in the First World War. The first clashes with the Russians happened here. The small troops serving on the Ottoman-Russian border, especially the organization-ı Mahsûsa volunteers, despite all the impossibilities, were more technologically equipped and made an effort against the Russians who used the large railway from there. Some events at the beginning of the First World War in Ardanuç,