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unusual facts about Grand National Assembly



Abolition of the Ottoman Sultanate

On November 1, 1922, the nationalist Grand National Assembly declared that the Sultanate's Constantinople government was no longer the legal Turkish government, appointing the nationalist body in Ankara to that place.

Battle of Sakarya

On the other hand, Mustafa Kemal returned in triumph to Ankara where the Grand National Assembly awarded him the rank of Field Marshal of the Army, as well as the title of Gazi rendering honours as the saviour of the Turkish nation.


see also

Bekir Sami Bey

Bekir Sami Kunduh (1867-1933), foreign minister of the government of the Grand National Assembly