Malgaç Raid
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Malgaç Raid | |||||||
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Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) | |||||||
Yörük Ali Efe (sitting centered) with his friends (19 June 1919) | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Greece | Kuva-yi Milliye | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Captain Yorgiyes |
Yörük Ali Efe Kıllıoğlu Hüseyin Efe Captain Ahmet Bey Asaf Necmi | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
20 at the bridge[1] Reinforcements: 1 battalion[2] | 60 men[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
20+ killed[1] | 1 wounded[1] |
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The Malgaç Raid, was a raid conducted by Yörük Ali Efe and his men on 16 June 1919. The target of the raid was the Malgaç railway bridge, which was used by the Greeks to transport military equipment to Nazilli and beyond. It was one of the first organized civil resistance attacks against the invading Greek forces in western Anatolia.