Turkish National Forces

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The Turkish National Forces were irregular militia units that played a key role in resisting occupying powers and supporting the nationalist movement during the Turkish War of Independence.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Turkish National Forces canonical 5
Hareket Ordusu 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf irregular military organization ⓘ
militia ⓘ
activeInConflict Turkish War of Independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kuva-yi Milliye ⓘ
Kuvayı Milliye ⓘ
linked to: Kuva-yi Milliye
commandStructure loosely organized ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
disbandedIn 1920 ⓘ
dissolutionReason discipline and command problems ⓘ
need for centralized regular army ⓘ
equipment light infantry weapons ⓘ
formedIn 1919 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Anatolia ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to preventing full consolidation of Allied occupation in Anatolia ⓘ
early armed wing of the Turkish National Movement ⓘ
ideology Turkish nationalism ⓘ
integratedInto Army of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
languageOfName Turkish ⓘ
legacy symbol of popular resistance in Turkish national history ⓘ
militaryRole guerrilla warfare ⓘ
local defense ⓘ
sabotage operations ⓘ
notableLeader Ali Fuat Cebesoy ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk ⓘ
Refet Bele ⓘ
Çerkes Ethem ⓘ
operationalArea Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
Southern Anatolia ⓘ
linked to: southern Anatolia

Western Anatolia ⓘ
opposedBy Ottoman government in Istanbul ⓘ
opposedTo Allied occupation forces ⓘ
Armenian forces in Eastern Anatolia ⓘ
Greek forces in Western Anatolia ⓘ
organizedAs local militia bands ⓘ
partOf Turkish nationalist movement ⓘ
linked to: Turkish nationalism
purpose resistance to occupation of Anatolia ⓘ
support for the Grand National Assembly in Ankara ⓘ
recruitedFrom former Ottoman soldiers ⓘ
local population of Anatolia ⓘ
tribal groups ⓘ
relatedEvent Amasya Circular ⓘ
linked to: Amasya

Erzurum Congress ⓘ
Sivas Congress ⓘ
successor Regular Army of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey ⓘ
supportedBy Turkish National Movement ⓘ
timePeriod 1919–1920 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Dumlupınar → opposingForcesInBattle → Turkish National Forces ⓘ
Battle of Dumlupınar → combatant → Turkish National Forces ⓘ
31 Mart Vakası → opposedBy → Hareket Ordusu ⓘ
linked to: Turkish National Forces
Ankara Government → militaryArm → Turkish National Forces ⓘ
Turkish Army’s entry into İzmir → belligerent → Turkish National Forces ⓘ