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The Signing of Amasya Proclamation
Amasya Proclamation was started discussing in Saraydüzü Barracks which was
the headquarters of the fifth Caucasian Division in Saraydüzü site.
The discussions started on 21st June with the attendace of 20th Army Corps
Commander Ali Fuat Pasha and Hüseyin Rauf Bey, 3rd Army Corps Commander
Refet Bele, Staff Lieutenant Colonel Arif Bey, The former Sanjak Bey of
Izmit İbrahim Süreyya Bey, Captain Osman Nuri, Tufan Bey, Substitute
Lieutenant Recep Zühtü, Efganlı, Lieutenant Abdurrahman, The Inspector of
Finance Arif Bey, 15th Army Corps Commander in Erzurum Kazım Karabekir Pasha,
The Inspector Yıldırım Kıt’atı Mersinli Cemal Pasha, 1st Army Corps
Commander in Edirne Cafer Tayyar Bey with a telegram.
Discussions went on until the morning of 22nd June and very important
decisions were made. That day became a day on which the integrity of the
country and the independence of the nation was declared to the World with a
loud voice.
“The determination and the resolution of the nation will save the
independence of the Nation.”
This sentence is the summary of all of the decisions and it was the
beginning of the way to the independence.
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