Battle of Tellidede
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| Battle of Tellidede | |||||||
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| Part of the Greco-Turkish War (1919–22) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Greece |
 Kuva-yi Milliye | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Selami Bey | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 800[1][2] | 200[1][2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 30 killed and wounded[1][2] | 6 killed and a few wounded[1][2] | ||||||
Battle of Tellidede was a clash around Aydın, Turkey during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). The Greek army planning to throw back the Turkish irregular forces around Aydın, started an offensive at the Tellidede ridges.
On 25 June, the Greek troops attacked the Turkish forces, who were located at the Ovaemir-Yeniköy-Kadıköy line. The right flank, defended by the Karadurmuş platoon, faced heavy machine gun fire. The left flank was defended by volunteers from Çakırbeyli, Beydere and Selami Bey's Koçarlı platoon. The center area was defended by the Çineli Tahir platoon. The defending forces numbered 200 men. They faced a Greek battalion of 800 men supported by heavy machine guns. Soon the Turks started to run out of ammunition. Furthermore, the terrain was impractical for defense against a much larger force. Facing these problems they decided to abandon the area and retreated southern to the Büyük Menderes River.