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.
The Turkish forces managed to retreat and regroup beyond 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.
Geyve is located at the foot of Geyve Gorge, which is set between two mountain ranges and lies along the Sakarya River.
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The third longest river in Turkey, Sakarya River runs through Geyve and it is perceived as an important inspiration of the town.
Gordias refounded a capital at Gordium in west central Anatolia, situated on the old trackway through the heart of Anatolia that became Darius's Persian "Royal Road" from Pessinus to Ancyra, and not far from the River Sangarius.
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During the 8th century BC the Phrygian kingdom with its capital at Gordium in the upper Sakarya River valley expanded into an empire dominating most of central and western Anatolia and encroaching upon the larger Assyrian Empire to its southeast and the kingdom of Urartu to the northeast.
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However, most scholars reject such a recent Phrygian migration and accept as factual the Iliad's account that the Phrygians were established on the Sakarya River before the Trojan War, and thus must have been there during the later stages of the Hittite Empire, and likely earlier.
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The Iliad describes the homeland of the Phrygians on the Sangarius River, which would remain the center of Phrygia throughout its history.
Pessinus, an ancient city on the upper river Sangarios (modern day Sakarya River), is also within the borders of Polatlı.
Sincan stands on a plain surrounded by hills and watered by the Ankara River, a tributary of the Sakarya River.
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