Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha

[3] An outspoken opponent of Turkish nationalism,[4] and a supporter of his nephew's Şerif Pasha's Ottoman Entente Liberale party.

[9] But he had warned the British government that the involvement of Greek troops in the allied landing would backfire and cause more trouble than good.

He was called a British collaborator by the Turkish nationalists led by Mustafa Kemal and given the nickname Kambur (Hunchback) by them.

[10] The report of the Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry of 1919 found that he treated all inhabitants impartially regardless of race and had resorted peace to the region.

[11] Somerset Gough-Calthorpe hosted Kurd Ahmet Izzet Pasha on board HMS Iron Duke (1912) in preparation for the allied operation in Izmir.