Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Lands at Samsun, Begins Turkish War of Independence, May 19, 1919
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk lands at Samsun on the Anatolian Black Sea coast, initiating what is later termed the Turkish War of Independence.
Date: May 19, 1919
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