Cumhuriyet Düşüncesi İle İlgili Gelişmeler ve Cumhuriyetin İlanına Yönelik Tepkiler
The Developments About the Republican Idea and Reactions Towards the Decleration of the Republic

Summary/Abstract: Republic is a regime in which people rule through their representatives. Until the Independence War of 1919-1922, national sovereignty did not mean republic in Turkey. During this period, political structure that regional and national congresses formed was indeed a republic like governments, deriving their power from people. These governments both fought against the enemies of the motherland and contributed to the development of the idea of republic. Turkish National Assembly had a democratic republican government since the very beginning even though it was not called so. This democratic character of the new Turkish state was strengthened with the Constitution of 1921. With the Abolition of the Sultanate, the last obstacle to the republic was removed. The promulgation of the republic on 29 October 1923 was basically naming the existing republican regime.

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