Turkish National Movement

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Members of the movement during the Sivas Congress

The 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 Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. The Turkish people would gradually unite around the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Pasha and the authority of the Turkish Grand National Assembly set up in Ankara, which pursued the Turkish War of Independence.

The movement terminated the Treaty of Sèvres and negotiated the Treaty of Lausanne, assuring recognition of the national borders, termed Misak-ı Milli (National Oath).

The national forces were gathered around a progressively defined political ideology that is generally termed "Kemalism", or "Atatürkism". Its basic principles stress the Republic - a form of government representing the power of the electorate, secular administration (Laïcité), nationalism, a mixed economy with state participation in many sectors (as opposed to state socialism), and national modernization.

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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 - Koçkiri Rebellion
	Franco : Maras - Antep - Urfa
	Greco : Smyrna (İzmir) - Aydın - 1st İnönü - 2nd İnönü - 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 Sèvres
	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