Committee of Representation

After the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the World War I, Turkish nationalists met in Sivas and decided to struggle for the freedom of Turkey.

Later (1927) Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in his Nutuk (Great speech) complained of the indifference of some of the committee members.

[1] Following an unsuccessful plot to arrest Mustafa Kemal by a governor (Ali Galip) of the Ottoman government, the committee banned all communication between Anatolian cities and Istanbul.

[2] The sultan Mehmet VI decided to reopen the General Assembly of the Ottoman Empire in Istanbul after the elections held in 1919 December.

After the opening of the Turkish parliament 1st cabinet of the Executive Ministers of Turkey (government) was formed instead of the committee.

Members of the Sivas Congress in September 1919.
Members of the Sivas Congress in 1919
First arrival of the Representative Committee in Ankara on December 27, 1919.