19 May 1919 in Turkiye Today
The first step that brought the Republic of Turkiye to independence.
We bow to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk's miracle with gratitude.
Today is the 102nd anniversary of the day when our Great Leader Atatürk went to Samsun and started the legendary journey that he and his comrades in arms will carry out for liberation and establishment. Today is the 19 May Commemoration of Atatürk, Youth and Sports Day. Happy Days.
The band?rma ferry departing from Istanbul reached Samsun on May 19 of 1919 and anchored in the liberation of a nation. We celebrate with national pride the 102nd anniversary of the first steps of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk and his friends that brought the country to independence.
“I went to Samsun on the 19th day of May 1919. The group that the Ottoman Empire was included was defeated in the War General, the Ottoman army was damaged everywhere, a heavy armistice was signed. During the long years of the Great War, the people are tired and poor. The nation and the people who sent it to the War General in the country fled the country, worrying about their own lives. Vahdettin, who occupied the position of sultanate and caliphate, was hesitant, he was investigating new measures that he imagined would be able to secure his person and his throne alone. The cabinet under the presidency of Damat Ferit Pasha; Helpless, dishonest, compulsory, subject to the will of the sultan alone, and with him, willing to consent to any situation that can inform his persons... "
The historical speech of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Speech, which took 36.5 hours and read in six days at the CHP Second Congress held in Ankara between 15-20 October 1927, begins with these words.
Well, the state of the country was at that time...
The First World War was over in 1918. The Mondros Armistice Agreement was signed on 30 October 1918 and entered into force the next day. On November 1, the leading managers of the Committee of Union and Progress, Enver, Talat and Cemal Pashas, Dr. Naz?m, Bahaettin ?akir left Istanbul on a German ship.
On 5 November, Sultan Vahdettin signed the decree to demobilize the army. From November 10, 1918, the country began to be occupied in parts.
Soldiers from the combined navy consisting of 22 British, 12 French, 17 Italian and 4 Greek ships anchored in front of the Dolmabah?e Palace in Istanbul started the occupation.
The Turkish army and Meclis-i Mebusan were declared a holiday on December 21, 1918. Taking advantage of this, many separatist organizations started an uprising attempt.
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk came to Istanbul by train from Adana on November 11, due to the abolition of the Y?ld?r?m Armies Group Command. He landed at Haydarpa?a Train Station.
He got on the Kartal ferry, which was waiting for him to cross. He saw the ships of the occupation forces anchored in the Bosphorus in front of the Dolmabah?e Palace.
Turning to his assistant Cevat Abbas, he said, "They will go as they come," He laid down the basic principles of the road to salvation during this period. In his house in ?i?li, meetings were held for salvation and he was looking for solutions. And he said to his friends: I'm going...
The Band?rma Ferry, carrying Mustafa Kemal Ataürk and his friends, anchored from the Galata dock on May 16, 1919. When he arrived in Samsun on May 19, that first step Mustafa Kemal took ashore was the beginning of the struggle for independence.
As soon as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk went to Anatolia, he gathered the National Forces movement against the occupation and carried out a military resistance.
On the other hand, he opened the Turkish Grand National Assembly in Ankara on 23 April 1920 and marched to the Republic step by step.
He left us an honorable legacy.
"How happy is the one who says I am a Turk"
"Ne Mutlu Türk'üm Diyene"