Afyonkarahisar is an extremely important region in terms of the Liberation War. The reasons for this can be summarized as follows: since it was the last stop of the Greeks, the national struggle for the future would begin on these lands. In addition, Afyonkarahisar achieved the unification of the congresses held in the east and the congresses held in the west by carrying out the Congress of Afyonkarahisar, which is one of the cornerstones of the civil resistance in the Aegean region, and the possible friction between the two regions was prevented by this meeting. With this Congress, the whole defense of the law, rejection of annexation and kuvay-ı millie operation were put under the control of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. Also, our province, Ankara, Eskişehir, Afyon, Kütahya, Afyon-Uşak Railways due to the focus of weapons, ammunition, food supplies have played an extremely important role in the transportation of our military in need of more shipping is provided with the railways. In addition, Afyonkarahisar, Izmir-Afyonkarahisar railway line and Istanbul-Baghdad railway line merged in Afyonkarahisar, the major burden of inter-regional transportation has taken Afyonkarahisar.
The Greeks were encouraged by the British to invade Anatolia and received great support from them. This is why the Greeks occupied the Aegean region, hence Afyonkarahisar, which was their last stronghold and stops. Afyonkarahisar has been occupied twice by the Greeks. The first occupation did not last very long, but the second occupation lasted approximately 14 months. Afyonkarahisar is a region of extremely strategic importance to the Greeks. This is because Afyonkarahisar is located in an area where roads converge. The starting point of the Afyonkarahisar-Izmir railway line is Afyonkarahisar. A Greek army with this railway line has the opportunity to meet its supplies and supplies safely and swiftly. It is also the guarantee of railway lives in a possible retreat. Moreover, Ankara, which is the heart of the national struggle, is a neighbor with it. This aspect of Afyonkarahisar, especially the Battle of Sakarya emerged, the enemy emirdağ (Aziziye) by way of Polatlı showed its importance when it came to the front. In addition, Afyonkarahisar is the key point of a possible Anatolian campaign. Since the Greeks had the desire to wipe the Turkishness out of Anatolia, and because they saw Afyonkarahisar, the starting point of a military action to be made in Anatolia, their army was settled at the front. Fewer forces were left on the Broad Front, which stretched north from Afyonkarahisar to Eskisehir, some 300 kilometers away. The region of Afyonkarahisar was considered by the Greeks to be a very important region both for their security and for their possible operations, and their fate was determined in these lands.
Immediately after the Peace Treaty of Mondros (December 1918), British, French and Italian troops entered Ottoman territory in places. Meanwhile, on 16 April 1919, the French settled at Afyonkarahisar station. On 21 May 1919 an Italian contingent of two officers and 262 privates also arrived in Afyonkarahisar. These troops withdrew from here on March 17, 1920, leaving their positions to the Greeks.
After a very short first invasion, on 13 July 1921, Afyonkarahisar was occupied for a second time and was under Greek occupation for a full year, a month, 25 days.
The Greek forces settled in the territory of our province, first in Sakaria, and then in this defeat before getting rid of the opportunity to strengthen even between the days of 26-30 August 1922 “big offensive operation” between the days of our country was expelled by eating a bigger blow.
After the Battle of Sakarya Square, the Greeks wanted to spread and settle in Afyonkarahisar for good. One thing that Afyonkarahisar would be honored for in the Turkish national struggle is that the first bullet was fired at the enemy by Ali Çetinkaya, an Afyonkarahisar Commander. (28-29 May 1919 172. Commander Of The Regiment Ayvalik).
The liberation plans of Afyonkarahisar were made in Akşehir. Then shut has been reached. Atatürk, Inönü and Fevzi Pasha secretly prepared the big offensive plans in the Old City Hall in Afyonkarahisar. The people of Afyonkarahisar contributed greatly to the winning of the national struggle because the people of Afyonkarahisar supported Atatürk and the national forces both physically and materially.
Our army, which came out of Koctepe, which was lit by cannon fire at 05.30 on August 26, 1922, attacked the Greek positions reinforced with wire mesh, machine gun and Cannon slots in rows with a great superhuman strength, crossed the fence they had broken with scissors, bottoms and even with their hands and bodies, and captured the positions one by one, Under the leadership of our commander-in-chief, with the great efforts and support of all the people of our nation, this offensive operation was continued and ended in Izmir until not a single enemy was left in our country.
First day 1 and 2 no. Hills, Tinaztepe, Kılıçarslan 1. and 2. points, Belentepe, Erkmentepe, Çiğiltepe and Afyonkarahisar on the second day (27 August 1922, 17 o'clock.oo) after the capture, on the third day, the Western Front and Army Headquarters were brought to Afyonkarahisar and based in the town hall (today's victory Museum) and the Battle of the commander-in-chief was routed from here on 30 August 1922.