Mütareke Döneminde II. Ordu (Yıldırım) Kıtaat-ı Müfettişliği
The Insperctorship of Detachments of 2nd Army (Thunderbolt) Throughout Period of the Armistice

Summary/Abstract: Having been abolished according to the requirements of the Mondoros Armistice, Ottoman armies were undergone a re-arrangement. Ottoman rulers who predicted that Anatolia will be occupied by their enemies soon, decided to found army inspectorship institution aiming at saving the motherland. By means of founding this institution, Ottoman Army apparently passed to a state of peace from a state of war. People appointed as inspectors got confidence of the government and the Sultan. One of these inspectorships is the inspectorship of detachments of 2nd Army (Thunderbolt), beeing often neglected in the studies done for the era, headed by Mersinli Cemal Paşa. Whereas, Mersinli Cemal Paşa did a similar service to Mustafa Kemal Paşa in the same period and during the pro-armistice period, he had done quite an important job. Furthermore, in order to comprehend the place and importance of the work done by Mustafa Kemal Paşa fully, it has got a great importance to grasp the missions done by inspectorship of 2nd Army. Centered in Konya, there were İzmir, Konya, Ankara, Kastamonu, Antalya, Kayseri, Eskişehir, Kütahya, and Afyon regions in its work and influence region. This region was very important for it has been under British, French, Italian and Greek influence areas. The inspectorship of detachments of 2nd Army had played great roles in carrying out activities to save motherland, in providing security in its responsibility area, in detecting and preventing disorders, in gathering intelligence, in obtaining national unity and coherence, and in reinforcement of the spirit of resistance against the enemy. In this study, primarily explanation and evaluation of the role of the inspectorship of 2nd Army throughout period of the Armistice is aimed under the light of archive documents.

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