Çakırözü, Şuhut

Village in Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

38°34′N 30°31′E / 38.567°N 30.517°E / 38.567; 30.517CountryTurkeyProvinceAfyonkarahisarDistrictŞuhutPopulation

(2021)

1,135Time zoneUTC+3 (TRT)

Çakırözü is a village in the Şuhut District, Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey.^[1] Its population is 1,135 (2021).^[2]

Victory Trail

Çakırözü is the starting point of a public marching, which is held to commemorate the begin of the Great Offensive on August 26, 1922. Every year beginning on August 25, events, called "Victory Week" (Turkish: Zafer Haftası), are held in the region, where the Battle of Dumlupınar took place, marking the last fight of the Turkish War of Independence. Following celebrations organized by the Turkish Army in the stadium of the district Şuhut, the crowd of some thousands arrives in Çakırözü and departs by foot at 23:00 local time heading Kocatepe, a three-hour marching, called the Victory March (Zafer Yürüyüşü), with torches in the night. The top leaders of the Turkish military, Commander-in-Chief Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Chief of the General Staff Fevzi Pasha and Commander of the Western Army İsmet Pasha, progressed on this trail, what is now named the "Victory Trail" (Zafer Yolu), in the eve of the Great Offensive in 1922 to arrive in Kocatepe, where they set up their quarters in the early morning for the final battle.^[3]^[4]

References

^ Köy, Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
^ "Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021" (XLS) (in Turkish). TÜİK. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
^ "Zafer Haftası açılışında "Atatürk yok" protestosu". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
^ "Afyon'da 4 Bin Kişi Kocatepe'ye Yürüdü". Doğan News Agency (in Turkish). 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2015-08-09.