Committee for the Defense of Rights

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The Committee for the Defense of Rights was a Turkish nationalist political organization that emerged in the late Ottoman period and played a key role in the struggle leading to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Committee for the Defense of Rights canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkish nationalist organization ⓘ
political organization ⓘ
activePeriod Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
late Ottoman period ⓘ
aimedAt international recognition of Turkish sovereignty ⓘ
rejection of foreign-imposed peace terms ⓘ
areaOfActivity Anatolia ⓘ
Thrace ⓘ
associatedWith Ankara Government ⓘ
Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
goal creation of a sovereign Turkish state ⓘ
defense of the political rights of the Turkish nation ⓘ
defense of the territorial integrity of the Ottoman Turkish lands ⓘ
resistance to foreign occupation ⓘ
historicalContext occupation of Istanbul ⓘ
post-World War I settlements ⓘ
ideology Turkish nationalism ⓘ
national independence ⓘ
influenced Kemalist reforms ⓘ
establishment of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
language Turkish ⓘ
legacy foundational role in modern Turkish politics ⓘ
symbol of resistance to foreign domination ⓘ
location Anatolia ⓘ
Rumelia ⓘ
linked to: Rumelia Eyalet
mergedInto Republican People's Party ⓘ
movement Turkish National Movement ⓘ
opposedTo Allied occupation of Anatolia ⓘ
Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ
partition of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
partOf Turkish National Movement ⓘ
politicalPosition anti-imperialist ⓘ
nationalist ⓘ
precededBy Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ
religionContext Islam ⓘ
resultedIn strengthening of the Ankara-based nationalist leadership ⓘ
weakening of the Istanbul government ⓘ
supportedBy Turkish nationalists ⓘ
usedMethod coordination of armed resistance ⓘ
organization of local resistance committees ⓘ
political mobilization ⓘ
propaganda ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Committee of Union and Progress → successor → Committee for the Defense of Rights ⓘ