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21-703: During the War of Independence, the Government of the Grand National Assembly commanded the army known as Kuva-yi Milliye ("National Forces"). After the war and victory over the monarchist Constantinople Government, the republican Ankara Government declared the end of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the Republic of Turkey from its ashes in 1923. The Grand National Assembly is today

42-584: A National Pact (Misak-ı Milli). The British, disturbed by the declaration of the National Pact, decided to completely occupy the city with the Allied military forces and seize the government buildings. Following the military occupation of Istanbul on 16 March 1920, the parliament was officially closed on 11 April 1920, under pressure from the occupying forces, in violation of the constitution. While some deputies were arrested, most fled to Anatolia to join

63-623: A force less than 15,000 on the Western front . After the Grand National Assembly of Turkey was opened, the regular army was created by merging different Kuva-yi Milliye groups. Kuva-yi Milliye was ultimately dissolved towards the end of 1920. Although some units of the Kuva-yi Milliye still fought on the southern front until 1921. The First Battle of İnönü is the first in which the standing army fought against

84-579: The resistance . The new parliament opened in Ankara as a joint effort of these fugitive deputies and the resistance structure in Anatolia, opened on 23 April 1920, shortly after the old parliament was forcibly closed. The new parliament in Ankara declared itself to be the continuation of the parliament closed in Istanbul on 11 April stated that it was loyal to the National Pact and began its work by holding

105-598: The Constitution of 1921 had emphasized decentralization through expanding local administrators' powers, it was a unitary state . The administrative order was composed of vilayets , integrated livas , independent livas , and kazas . Shortly after the Armistice of Mundros , there were 15 vilayets, 35 integrated livas, 17 independent livas, and 392 kazas. Vilayets had autonomy to some extent through local councils ( Turkish : vilâyet şurası ) that were elected by

126-580: The Kuva-yi Milliye slowed the Greek advance in Anatolia. Although the Kuva-yi Milliye was regarded as the first step of resistance in the liberation of Turkey, irregular warfare was abandoned later on. The militia lacked discipline and experience; it had no chance in larger open field battles against the Greeks. In September 1920, its members had to face and halt the advance of a highly trained and well equipped Greek Army numbering more than 107,000 men with

147-660: The "Kuva-yi Milliye phase". In the Armistice of Mudros , Ottoman Empire was divided between the Allies , where the Greeks occupied the west, the British occupied the capital and southeast, and the Italians and the French occupied the south of the country. When the atrocities committed by the Greeks in the places they occupied became known among the people of Afyonkarahisar, the people began to harbor great hatred and anger against

168-724: The Government of the Grand National Assembly in Ankara, holding that it alone was the legitimate government of the Ottoman Empire. It attempted to militarily defeat the Ankara Government using its Kuva-yi Inzibatiye , i.e. the "Forces of Order", commonly known as the "Army of the Caliphate" (as opposed to the GNA's forces, the Kuva-yi Milliye , the "Army of the Nation"), but failed to do so. In 1921, diplomatic teams from both

189-518: The Greeks landed at Smyrna ( İzmir ). People who opposed the partitioning of Anatolia by the unratified Treaty of Sèvres joined the resistance. The Franco-Turkish War was almost exclusively conducted by Kuva-yi Milliye units on the Turkish side. In western Anatolia , the Kuva-yi Milliye fought against the Greek Army by hit-and-run tactics until a regular army was set up. The resistance of

210-593: The Greeks. Realizing that the danger caused by the Greeks could harm them in a short time, the people of Afyonkarahisar, under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Arif Bey, formed the Afyonkarahisar Kuvâ-yi Milliye. The Kuva-yi Milliye were the first armed groups to defend the Turks and Muslims' rights in Anatolia and Rumelia. The Kuva-yi Milliye consisted of deserted Ottoman army officers and militias. The Kuva-yi Milliye became active when

231-578: The Ottoman Empire in 1918 at the end of World War I ) and ending the Turkish War of Independence , the GNA abolished the imperial Sultanate , which was accused of collaborating with the Allies during the occupation of Turkey. The Constantinople Government, representing the Ottoman sultanate and the old imperial and monarchical order, initially refused to recognize the Turkish national movement and

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252-593: The composition of an organized government. The council was disbanded by Law No. 3 following the first election on 3 May 1920. The executive branch was a combination of military and civilian administrations. For instance, both the National Defense and the Chief of Staff were designated as ministries. The Cabinet of the Executive Ministers was composed of eleven ministries, as follows: Even though

273-450: The early period of the Turkish War of Independence . These irregular forces emerged after the occupation of the parts of Turkey by the Allied forces in accordance with the Armistice of Mudros . Later, Kuva-yi Milliye were integrated to the regular army ( Kuva-yi Nizamiye ) of the Grand National Assembly . Some historians call this period (1918–20) of the Turkish War of Independence

294-542: The government was to salvage the Ottoman Empire, and they in reality still recognized the Sultan, despite the capital was under occupation , there was no designated head of state position. Two days after the proclamation of the Grand National Assembly, the Temporary Executive Council ( Turkish : Muvakkat İcra Encümeni) was established under Mustafa Kemal's leadership to handle transition matters until

315-594: The last meeting of the old parliament as its first meeting. The Ankara Government was officially loyal to the Ottoman Sultan and the Caliphate. The Ankara Government never claimed that it was a new or different state. However, it declared that the Istanbul Government could not govern the country and had no validity due to the occupation of Istanbul. For this reason, it did not use the title "nazır" (minister) for its own cabinet members. Instead, it used

336-463: The monarchist Constantinople Government and the republican Ankara Government appeared at the Conference of London . In a surprising move, however, the Ottoman diplomatic team led by Ahmet Tevfik Pasha gave in and allowed the Turkish diplomatic team led by Bekir Sami Kunduh to be the sole representatives of the country at the conference. The Treaty of Lausanne was signed on 24 July 1923, between

357-559: The parliamentary body of Turkey. At the time the Ankara Government was proclaimed, there existed another Turkish government in the Allied -occupied Constantinople (now Istanbul ), namely the Imperial Ottoman Government , often known as the " Constantinople Government " (as opposed to the nationalist Ankara Government) and another Turkish parliament as the Chamber of Deputies . On 12 November 1918, Constantinople

378-662: The people and were allowed to amend and execute local laws, as long as they were compliant with the laws released by the central government. Vilayets had governors appointed by the Grand National Assembly for the representation and audit of vilayets, while kaymakams were responsible for lower divisions. The governments prior to the Republic were used to be called "Executive ministers of Turkey." They were: Kuva-yi Milliye The Kuva-yi Milliye ( Ottoman Turkish : قواى مليه ; lit. 'National Forces' or 'Nationalist Forces' ) were irregular Turkish militia forces active in

399-530: The representatives of the Allies and of Ankara, thus officially recognizing the government of Ankara as the legitimate Turkish government. On 29 October, the National Assembly declared the Republic of Turkey . The provisional government was a parliamentary republic where the unicameral parliament, the Grand National Assembly , practiced both executive and legislative powers. As the main purpose of

420-494: The title vekil (acting minister). The Ankara Government was founded to represent Turkey because the de jure capital, Constantinople, was under occupation . The president of the GNA (renamed the Grand National Assembly of Turkey after 8 February 1921) and later of the Republic of Turkey, was Mustafa Kemal Pasha . Once the Armistice of Mudanya was signed, replacing the Armistice of Mundros (signed by

441-485: Was occupied by the Allied forces led by the British. However, the occupying forces did not touch the Parliament and government buildings. On 21 December 1918, the parliament was dissolved by Sultan Vahdettin to hold new elections. As a result of the elections, the last parliament held its first meeting on 12 January 1920. The newly elected Ottoman parliament in Istanbul did not recognize the occupation; they developed

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