Turkish National Movement

Turkish National Movement
Millî Hareket
LeaderMustafa Kemal Pasha (main leader), Kazım Pasha (karabekir), İsmet Pasha (İnönü), Refet Pasha (Bele), Rauf Bey (Orbay) (and more...)
DissolvedOctober 31, 1918 (1918-10-31)-October 29, 1923 (1923-10-29)
Country Turkey
Allegiance Government of the Grand National Assembly
HeadquartersAnkara
IdeologyNational Oath
Turkish nationalism
Islamism
Popular sovereignty
Constitutionalism
Proto-republicanism
Anti-imperialism
Halkçılık [en]
Factions:
Reformism
Radicalism
Conservatism
İttihadism
Monarchism
Socialism
Liberalism
Centralization
Decentralization
Political positionRight-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.

References

  1. ↑ Zürcher, Erik Jan (2020). "Contextualizing the ideology of the Turkish national resistance movement". Middle Eastern Studies. Taylor & Francis: 265–278. doi:10.1080/00263206.2020.1858061. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2026.
  2. ↑ Erickson, Edward J. (2021). The Turkish War of Independence : A military History, 1919-1923. USA: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781440878428. Archived from the original on 28 July 2026. Retrieved 24 October 2026.