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{{Infobox Military Award
|name=Medal of Independence<br>''İstiklal Madalyası''
|image=[[File:Reisicumhur Mustafa Kemal Cumhuriyet Bayramı kutlamalarında, Ankara, 29 Ekim 1925.png|150px]]
|caption=[[President of Turkey]] and [[Turkish Armed Forces]] [[Commander-in-chief]] [[Mareşal (Turkey)|Mareşal]] [[Mustafa Kemal Atatürk]] with the Medal of Independence, [[Ankara]], [[1925]]
|presenter=[[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]]
|type=Commemorative medal
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|awarded_for=Turkish Independence
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|established=29 November 1920
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|image2=[[File:Order of Franz Joseph - Ribbon bar (Knight).svg|100px]]
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|caption2=Ribbon of the medal
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[[File:Istiklal madalyası.jpg|thumb|Medal of Independence.]]
'''Medal of Independence''' ({{langx|tr|İstiklal Madalyası}}) was a special [[military decoration]] issued in limited number by [[Grand National Assembly of Turkey]] in accordance with the Act 66 of November 29, 1920. It was awarded to military personnel and civilians, who had made important contributions to the country during the [[Turkish War of Independence]]. Also upon the flags of all the regiments of the [[Turkish revolutionaries|Turkish National Forces]], which took part in the campaigns during the [[occupation of Izmir]] between May 15, 1919 and September 9, 1922,  were bestowed a medal.<ref>[http://www.mevzuat.adalet.gov.tr/html/339.html Regulations-Ministry of Justice] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203110733/http://www.mevzuat.adalet.gov.tr/html/339.html |date=2008-02-03 }}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of recipients of the Medal of Independence with Red-Green Ribbon (Turkey)]]
* [[Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Service]]
* [[Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor]]
* [[Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Distinguished Courage and Self-Sacrifice]]
* [[Turkish National Movement]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Turkish War of Independence]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Medal of Independence (Turkey)|*]]

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