WAR OF INDEPENDENCE (1919-1922) the Turkish War of Independence to protect the territorial integrity, national sovereignty, based on the new Turkish government to establish a fully independent of all ulusca input, a multi-front war. The War of Independence, the Ottoman Empire no ni, which does not recognize the right to life of the Turks, dated October 30, 1918 Armistice Armistice began as a struggle of life and death as a result of the Turkish nation.