| Turkish National Movement | |
|---|---|
| Millî Hareket | |
Prominent nationalists at the Sivas Congress. Left to right: Ahmet Muzaffer (Kılıç), Rauf Bey (Orbay), Bekir Sami (Kunduh), Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), Ruşen Eşref (Ünaydın), Cemil Cahit (Toydemir), Cevat Abbas (Gürer). | |
| Leader | Mustafa Kemal Pasha (main leader), Kazım Pasha (karabekir), İsmet Pasha (İnönü), Refet Pasha (Bele), Rauf Bey (Orbay) (and more...) |
| Dissolved | October 31, 1918-October 29, 1923 |
| Country | |
| Allegiance | |
| Headquarters | Ankara |
| Ideology | National Oath Turkish nationalism Islamism Popular sovereignty Constitutionalism Proto-republicanism Anti-imperialism Halkçılık Factions: Reformism Radicalism Conservatism İttihadism Monarchism Socialism Liberalism Centralization Decentralization |
| Political position | Right-wing to left-wing |
The Turkish National Movement (late 1918-October 1923) was a revolutionary post World War I anti-imperialistic political resistance movement formed during the Turkish War of Independence which founded the Republic of Turkey. The movement opposed the partition of the Ottoman Empire and the subsequent Allied invasion of Turkey—which resulted from the heavy Ottoman reverses in World War One.
In the early stages, the movement was decentrilazed. Later in 23 April 1920, with opening of Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the resistance continued through Ankara, the Government of the Grand National Assemby (1920-1923). At the end, the movement won against Britain, France, Armenia and Greece. The Ottoman Caliphate was removed and Turkey became a modern nation state.