National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)

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The National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) was a set of six resolutions adopted in 1920 that defined the territorial integrity and political goals of the Turkish national movement, forming the ideological basis for the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational document of the Turkish national movement ⓘ
political declaration ⓘ
set of resolutions ⓘ
adoptedBy Ottoman Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

Turkish national movement ⓘ
adoptedIn final session of the last Ottoman Parliament ⓘ
adoptionDate 1920 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs National Oath ⓘ
associatedWith Erzurum Congress ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
Sivas Congress ⓘ
context aftermath of World War I ⓘ
partition plans for the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
corePrinciple indivisibility of Turkish national territory ⓘ
national sovereignty ⓘ
self-determination of Muslim-majority Ottoman territories ⓘ
country Ottoman Empire ⓘ
defines political goals of the Turkish national movement ⓘ
territorial integrity of the Turkish nation ⓘ
EnglishName National Pact ⓘ
hasPart six fundamental articles ⓘ
ideologicalBasisFor establishment of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
influenced Kemalist ideology ⓘ
Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ
inspiredBy decisions of the Erzurum and Sivas congresses ⓘ
language Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legacy reference point in modern Turkish border and foreign policy debates ⓘ
legalStatus political program rather than a formal international treaty ⓘ
numberOfArticles 6 ⓘ
opposed Treaty of Sèvres territorial provisions ⓘ
placeOfAdoption Istanbul ⓘ
politicalGoal free and secure control of the Straits subject to international regulation ⓘ
full independence in internal and external affairs ⓘ
international recognition of Turkish borders based on ethnic and religious composition ⓘ
protection of minority rights on condition of reciprocity ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ
Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
resultedIn dissolution of the last Ottoman Chamber of Deputies by the Allied powers ⓘ
symbolOf Turkish national unity ⓘ
resistance to foreign occupation ⓘ
territorialClaim Anatolia ⓘ
Ardahan region ⓘ
linked to: Ardahan

Batumi region ⓘ
Eastern Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thrace

Kars region ⓘ
linked to: Kars Province

Mosul vilayet (contested) ⓘ
linked to: Mosul Vilayet
timePeriod late Ottoman period ⓘ
TurkishName Misak-ı Millî ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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First Republic of Turkey (Ankara Government) → basedOn → National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) ⓘ
Sivas Congress of 1919 → relatedTo → National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) ⓘ
Government of the Grand National Assembly → territorialClaim → Misak-ı Millî (National Pact) borders ⓘ
linked to: National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)
National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) → TurkishName → Misak-ı Millî ⓘ
linked to: National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)