Amiral Calthorpe, 9 Şubat 1919'da İstanbul’dan Londra’ya gönderdiği gizli mesajda tutuklamaların çok etkili olduğunu, İstanbul’da İttihat ve Terakki'nin sindirildiğini bildiriyordu (Sonyel, 2015: 15) İşgal kuvvetlerinin yaptığı baskılara dayanamayan Tevfik Paşa da istifa etmişti
The ruler of the dynasty who, thanks to his traditional instincts, foresaw this fatal course of historical events, declared himself from the very beginning the most bitter enemy of the national struggle.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Hain vahdettin (Sultan VI. Mehmed), tahta çıktıktan, Mondros Mütarekesi ve İstanbul’un işgalinden sonra 24 Kasım 1918’de The Daily Mail'e yaptığı açıklama şu idi:
“İngiliz milletine kuvvetli sevgi ve hayranlık duygularımı babam Sultan Abdülmecit’ten miras aldım."
İngiliz Yüksek Komiser yardımcısı Amiral Webb, 19 Ocak 1919’da İngiltere Dışişleri Bakanlığına çektiği telgrafta Vahdettin için şunu diyordu:
“Halife elimizin altında bulundukça İslam dünyası üzerinde ek bir denetim aracına sahibiz. Padişah, bizi buraya yerleştirmeyi diliyor”
To summarise what I have been saying, I may add that it was incumbent upon me to develop our entire social organisation, step by step, until it corresponded to the great capacity for progress which I perceived in the soul and in the future of the nation and which I kept to myself in my own consciousness as a national secret.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
As vital as considerations of wealth and prosperity might be to a nation, if it is deprived of its independence it no longer deserves to be regarded otherwise than as a slave in the eyes of civilised humanity.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Therefore, Independence or Death!
This was the rallying cry of all those who honestly desired to save their country.
Let us suppose for a moment that in trying to accomplish this we had failed.
What would have been the result? —why, slavery!
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Therefore, Independence or Death!
This was the rallying cry of all those who honestly desired to save their country.
Let us suppose for a moment that in trying to accomplish this we had failed.
What would have been the result? —why, slavery!
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
You created countless fictional heroes with fairy tales. Yet, this man fought against the combined forces of the world's great powers. He is a true hero! He saved millions of people from destruction! How dare you belittle Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey? Who are you?" @PdxInteractive
"I forgive them, because I have a heart; they do not forgive me, because they are heartless."
The founder of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
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