Battle of Bergama

Battle of Bergama
	Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)
	; The town of Bergama in 2014, seen from the ancient acropolis of Pergamon
Date	15–20 June 1919
Location	Bergama
Result	Greek victory
Belligerents
Greece	Kuva-yi Milliye
Commanders and leaders
12 June:; Major Apostolos Sermakezis ; 18–20 June:; Col. Charalambos Tseroulis; Col. Mavroudis	Kemal Muratoğlu
Strength
12 June:; 800 infantry, 80 cavalry, 3 machine guns, 2 cannons; 18–20 June: 3,000 infantry	500 irregulars and regulars
Casualties and losses
10 dead, 9 wounded, 86 missing in action (mostly killed)	Unknown
	Evacuation of 80,000-100,000 Turkish civilians from the area.

39°07′N 27°12′E

The Battle of Bergama was fought at and near Bergama (ancient Pergamon, now a district center of İzmir Province, Turkey) between the Greek army and forces of the nascent Turkish National Movement (Kuva-yi Milliye) during the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922. The Turkish forces pushed the Greek army from Bergama on 15 June, but the town was recaptured on 22 June.

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