Outpost Societies

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After the Armistice of Mudros young and patriotic Ottoman officers founded secret organizations in Istanbul. The aim of these organizations was to provide the revolution with loyal officers, weapons and armaments (most of which was stolen from Ottoman Army warehouses which were under the control of Allied forces during the Occupation of Istanbul).

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Turkish War of Independence
Concepts Partitioning of the Ottoman Empire - Establishment of movement - Turkish revolutionaries - Turkish National Movement
Issues Chanak Crisis - Population Exchange - Persona non grata - Malta exiles - Outpost Societies - King-Crane Commission - Khilafat Movement
Campaigns British (Allies): İstanbul
Revolts: Kuva-i Inzibatiye - Revolt of Ahmet Aznavur - Kokiri Rebellion
Franco : Maras - Antep - Urfa
Greco : Smyrna (İzmir) - Aydın - 1st İnn - 2nd İnn - Sakarya - Dumlupinar
Armenian : Oltu – Sarıkamış – Kars – Alexandropol
Agreements Timeline
Allies: Conference of London - Ottoman Empire: Paris Peace Conference, 1919 - Sanremo conference - (Ottoman Parliament:) Misak-ı Milli - Treaty of Svres
Turkish revolutionaries: Treaty of Alexandropol - Treaty of Moscow (1921) - Conference of London - Cilicia Peace Treaty - Treaty of Ankara (1921) - Treaty of Kars - Conference of London - Armistice of Mudanya - Conference of Lausanne - Treaty of Lausanne
Armistice of Mudros, which ended hostilities in Middle Eastern theatre of World War I between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies, was signed on 30 October 1918 by the Turkish Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Bey and the British Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, on board the
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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State Party  Turkey
Type Cultural
Criteria i, ii, iii, iv
Reference 356
Region Europe and North America

Inscription History
Inscription 1985  (9th Session)
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Turkish War of Independence (Turkish: Kurtuluş Savaşı or İstiklâl Harbi) refers to the political and military events following the defeat of the Ottoman Empire along with the Central Powers in World War I and subsequent Allied occupation of
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"The establishment of the Turkish national movement" explains the creation of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The establishment of an alliance of Turkish revolutionaries during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire resulted in the declaration of the Republic of Turkey and
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Turkish revolutionaries (Turkish: Kuvâyi Milliye or Kuvva-i Milliye) were patriots of the Turkish national movement who rebelled against the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the Allies in the aftermath of the Armistice of Mudros which ended the Ottoman
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Turkish National Movement encompasses the political and military activities of the Turkish revolutionaries (in Turkish Kuvayi Milliye or Kuvai Milliye) which resulted with the creation and shaping of the Republic of Turkey, a consequence of the partitioning of the
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The Chanak Crisis (also called the Chanak Affair) occurred in September 1922, when British and French troops stationed near Çanakkale (also called "Chanak") to guard the neutral zone of the Dardanelles were threatened with attack by Turkish troops after the recapture of
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1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey is the first large scale population exchange, or agreed mutual expulsion in the 20th century. It involved some two million people, most forcibly made refugees and de jure
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House of Osman
# Name Description
1 Mehmed VI Last Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
2 Kiraz Hamdi Yaver-i Has
3 Zeki General Hademe-i Hassa
4 Kayserili Şaban Ağa Hazine-i Hassa Müfettişi
5 Şükrü Tütüncübaşı
6 Şerkarin Yaver
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Malta exiles (Turkish: Malta sürgünleri) (between March 1919 – October 1920) is the term for politicians, high ranking soldiers (mainly), administrators and intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire who were sent into exile on Malta after the armistice of Mudros during the
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The King-Crane Commission was an official investigation during 1919 by the United States government into the circumstances and conditions existing in certain parts of the former Ottoman Empire, in order to inform American policy with regard to the future of the region regarding the
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The Khilafat movement (1919-1924) was a political campaign launched mainly by Muslims in South Asia to influence the British government and to protect the Ottoman Empire during the aftermath of World War I.
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Allies of World War I are sometimes also referred to as the Entente Powers or The Triple Entente (entente being French for "agreement"). The main allies were France, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, Italy and the United States.
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Occupation of Istanbul (November 13 1918 – September 23 1923) military forces of the Triple Entente occupied the capital of the Ottoman Empire following the Armistice of Mudros of World War I.
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This page will include the revolts against the Turkish Revolutionaries. It does not include the revolts after the establishment of Republic of Turkey, as this page intended to cover the period during the Turkish War of Independence.
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The Kuvâ-i İnzibâtiyye (Ottoman Turkish / Persian: قوا انضباطيّه, literally "Forces of Order"; Turkish: Hilafet Ordusu
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The Revolt of Ahmet Aznavur was a revolt during the Turkish War of Independence. The revolt November 2 1919- April 20 1920 was coordinated by British forces.

The movement was coordinated (leader) by Ahmet Anzavur.
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Franco-Turkish war, more often called Cilicia war (French: La guerre en Cilicie, Turkish: Güney Cephesi - the southern front), was a series of military conflicts in the aftermath of the World War I that opposed Turkish National Forces directed by Turkish
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Greco–Turkish War of 1919–1922, also called the War in Asia Minor, or the Greek campaign of the Turkish War of Independence, was a series of military events occurring during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire after World War I between May 1919 and
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Battle of Sakarya or the Battle of Sangarios in 1921 was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), which is part of Turkish War of Independence .
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Turkish-Armenian War was a conflict fought between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which lasted from 24 September to 2 December, 1920 <ref name="Atlas" /> and largely took place in present-day
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Battle of Oltu was actually two battles, the first (18 June to 25 June, 1920) was a battle between Armenian troops and local Turkish militia in Oltu district, Georgia.[1]
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Battle of Kars was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on October 30 1920 at Kars.
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Battle of Alexandropol was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Armenia (DRA) and Turkish Revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which was on November 7 1920 at Alexandropol.
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Chronology of the Turkish War of Independence is a time line of events during the Turkish War of Independence (May 19 1919 - Oct 29 1923). The time line also includes the background events starting with the end of the First World War.
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Allies of World War I are sometimes also referred to as the Entente Powers or The Triple Entente (entente being French for "agreement"). The main allies were France, the Russian Empire, the British Empire, Italy and the United States.
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Conference of London, (12 February-24 February 1920), following World War I, leaders of Britain, France, and Italy met to discuss the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire and the negotiation of agreements that would become the Treaty of Sèvres.
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Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Caliphate (1299 to 1922) (Old Ottoman Turkish: دولت عالیه عثمانیه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish:
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