Özet:

The objectives of the article "The Battles of Kütahya-Eskişehir and Sakarya, dated 1921, in Estonian Press" was to determine 1) the attitude of the Estonian press of that time towards these battles before, during and after them; 2) the sources to which the Estonian press was referring giving information about the battles; 3) the similarities and differences between the attitudes of the Estonian press from one side and French, English presses from the other side. As the investigation's material the biggest Estonian newspapers of that time, "Kaja", "Postimees", "Päevaleht", "Tallinna Teataja" and "Vaba Maa" were used. Before the Battles of Kütahya-Eskişehir the main themes connected with the Turkish National War and treated by Estonian newspapers were the rejection of the proposal of the intermediation of the Allies by Greece, the attitude of Greece towards the military aid of the Western countries, the attack of the Kemalists to Istanbul, the probable participation of the Balkan countries in the Turkish National War. The second theme was also important for French and English newspapers. According to Estonian press the Allies failed in intermediation because their measures were not good enough. But the Western newspapers considered only Greece guilty in their failure. During the Battles of Kütahya-Eskişehir Estonian press referred as a main source of its battle information to the radio of Berlin. The radio of Berlin got its battle information mainly from the news of Athens. Therefore, the Estonian press, differently from the French press, was quiet blinded by the temporary military success of the Greeks. The Battles of Sakarya was covered by Estonian newspapers mainly acording to news of the radio of London. And often the source of their news was not given. The most objective are the news received by different radios from Istanbul or from big Western News agencies. The Greek news have become more steady-going than before. The commentaries printed during the battle treate of the impact of the Greek victory on Turkey's independence, the suspicions about the goodness of the military situation of Greece, the strenght of the Turkish army. The second theme was also an important theme for French press. And differently from the Estonian press which became suspicious about the bad military perspectives only after the retreat of the Greeks had begun, French press kept stressing they had been skeptical about the Greek perspectives all the time. The echoes of the Battle of Sakarya were quiet modest in Estonian press. Only a short review of a whole war was given and the probable attitudes of the Turks after the battle were analyzed. The probable attitudes of the Turks after the battle were not a main theme for the Western press. But "The Times" marked the time has come to influence theGreeks to give in to the Turks

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