[6] The Kuva-yi Milliye were the first armed groups to defend the Turks and Muslims' rights in Anatolia and Rumelia.

[citation needed] People who opposed the partitioning of Anatolia by the unratified Treaty of Sèvres joined the resistance.

[8] Although the Kuva-yi Milliye was regarded as the first step of resistance in the liberation of Turkey, irregular warfare was abandoned later on.

In September 1920, its members had to face and halt the advance of a highly trained and well equipped Greek Army numbering more than 107,000 men with a force less than 15,000 on the Western front.

After the Grand National Assembly of Turkey was opened, the regular army was created by merging different Kuva-yi Milliye groups.