On the other hand, Mustafa Kemal returned in triumph to Ankara where the Grand National Assembly awarded him the rank of Field Marshal of the Army, as well as the title of Gazi rendering honours as the saviour of the Turkish nation.
After the successful Greek advance towards Eskişehir and Afyon in July, he urged the continuation of the advance towards Ankara, which was however stopped in the Battle of Sakarya.
Battle of Sakarya, one of the major battles in the Turkish War of Independence
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ΙIn 1921 he assumed command of the 7th Infantry Division, which he led in the Greek summer offensive and the advance towards the Sakarya River.
In 1921 he commanded the III Army Corps in Anatolia, and he led it in the Greek summer offensive and the advance towards the Sakarya River.