Turkish-Greek War - Turkish-Greek War

Japanese: トルコ･ギリシア戦争 - トルコギリシアせんそう

After gaining independence from the Ottoman Empire (1830), there were two wars between Greece, which sought to recover lost territories from the former Byzantine Empire, and Turkey, which sought to defend its own territory. (1) Since the 1860s, Greece had taken advantage of repeated rebellions by Greek residents of Crete, who sought annexation to mainland Greece, and sent troops to Crete in February 1897. In April of that year, the Ottoman Empire declared war on Greece and defeated the Greek army, and a ceasefire was established in May with the mediation of six countries: Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, and Italy.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

オスマン帝国からの独立(1830)後，旧ビザンティン帝国の失地回復をめざすギリシアと，国土防衛を図るトルコとの間の2度の戦争。(1)1860年代以来，ギリシア本土への併合をめざすクレタ島のギリシア系住民のたび重なる反乱を利用したギリシアが，1897年2月，クレタ島へ軍隊を派遣。同年4月オスマン帝国がギリシアに宣戦してギリシア軍を破ると，イギリス，フランス，ドイツ，ロシア，オーストリア，イタリアの6ヵ国の仲介により，5月に休戦が成立した。

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