MAJOR GENERAL SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA, AS THE COMMANDER OF ISTANBUL (1922-1923) DURING THOSE CRITICAL DAYS OF PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

HERE WE SEE HIM AS THE COMMANDER OF ISTANBUL (1922-1923)

ALL THESE PICTURES WERE TAKEN DURING THE PERIOD OF THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN LAUSANNE, BETWEEN TURKEY AND THE ALLIES OF THE WWI. THE TURKISH ARMY EXPELLED THE GREEK FORCES FROM TURKEY, AND STATIONED AT THE ARMISTICE LINES SIGNED IN 1922, BUT THE WAR WAS NOT OVER; MOREOVER, ISTANBUL, STRAITS AND EUROPEAN PART OF TURKEY WERE STILL UNDER OCCUPATION. AT THIS MOMENT, TURKISH PARLIAMENT IN ANKARA, ASSIGNED SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA AS THE TURKISH COMMANDER OF ISTANBUL.

IN CASE OF A FAILED PEACE TALKS AN ARMED CLASH BETWEEN THE OCCUPANTS AND TURKISH FORCES WAS INEVITABLE. ALMOST AFTER A YEAR OF NEGOTIATIONS, THE LAUSANNE PEACE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED (24 JULY 1923), AND THIS ALSO FINALIZED THE FIRST WORLD WAR FOR TURKEY. CONSEQUENTLY, THE ALLIED OCCUPANTS IN ISTANBUL WITHDREW THEIR FORCES FROM THE CITY, AND MAJOR GENERAL SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA TOOK THE CITY AS THE COMMANDER OF ISTANBUL AND THE FIRST ARMY OF THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TURKEY.

MAJOR GENERAL SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA IN HIS ROOM AS THE COMMANDER OF ISTANBUL, AT THE PREVIOUS IMPERIAL MINISTRY OF WAR (HARBIYE NEZARETI).

(NOWADAYS, THIS BUILDING IS USED AS THE CENTRAL BUILDING OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY )

SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA WITH THE COMMANDERS OF THE OCCUPANT ARMIES IN ISTANBUL (1923)
(FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) THE COMMANDER OF THE ITALIAN FORCES, THE COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH FORCES, ADIL PASHA, THE COMMANDER OF THE FRENCH FORCES DURING THE HAND OVER.

MAJOR GENERAL SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA, COMMANDER OF ISTANBUL, SEEING OFF THE COMMANDERS OF THE ALLIES TO THEIR COUNTRIES AT THE DOLMABAHCE PALACE (2 OCTOBER 1923)