Turkish revolutionaries

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Turkish revolutionaries (in Turkish Kuvayi Milliye or Kuvai Milliye) were nationalists of Turkish national movement who rebelled against the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the allies aftermath of the Armistice of Mudros during World War I. After establishing establishment of the Turkish national movement and the successful independence war, they established the independent state that became the Republic of Turkey.

Turkish revolutionaries were mainly influenced by ideas flourishing during the Tanzimat period. Turkish revolutionaries should not be associated with the Young Turk movement of the same period, which was tightly bound to the Ottoman State. Turkish revolutionaries indeed were not a homogenous group of people, as they had different ideas on social and political issues. There were years that most of them did not communicate with each other, even though they occupied major points of the social and political structures. The common idea that held them together was having a sovereign nation.

Note: Most of the individuals listed below served the Revolution in multiple capacities. The classifications below are in suggestion of those for which they have most been remembered.

Please note that the following list is currently far from being complete:

Contents 1 Leaders 2 Statesmen and office holders 3 Pamphleteers and activists 4 Military officers

[edit] Leaders

• Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

[edit] Statesmen and office holders

• Ali Fethi Okyar
• Rauf Orbay
• Kazim Karabekir
• Ismet Inonu

[edit] Pamphleteers and activists

• Halide Edip Adivar
• Mehmet Fuat Köprülü historian.
• Mahmut Esat Bozkurt designer of the civic law. Founder of the first Law School.
• Şükrü Saracoğlu economy.

[edit] Military officers

• Fevzi Cakmak
• Kazim Karabekir
• Ali Fuat Cebesoy
• Ismet Inonu