SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA, AS THE COMMANDER IN THE ARMY OF THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TURKEY IN ANKARA

THE LEADING FIGURES OF THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT IN ANKARA, WHO RESISTED AGAINST THE INTERVENTIONS AND OCCUPATIONS OF THE ALLIED ARMIES, AND MOREOVER UPRISED AGAINST THE SULTAN IN ISTANBUL.

SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA IS THIRD FROM THE LEFT, AT THE SECOND ROW.

THE TOP FIGURE IN THIS POSTER IS MUSTAFA KEMAL (ATATURK) AS THE HEAD OF THE TURKISH ARMY AND THE HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE GRAND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF TURKEY. THE OTHERS ARE ALSO PROMINENT CIVILIANS AND MILITARY COMMANDERS OF THE PERIOD.



SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA, AS THE ARMY COMMANDER, DURING THE WAR BETWEEN GREECE AND TURKEY IN 1922.

SELAHATTIN ADIL PASHA, FIRST ASSIGNED AS THE COMMANDER OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT, AGAINST THE FRENCH INTERVENTION AND OCCUPATION. HE ORGANIZED THE RESISTANCE OF THE NATIONAL FORCES IN CILICIA REGION, (ADANA, TAURUS MOUNTAINS, ANTEP, URFA, AND MARAS) IN THE SOUTH, SOUTH-EASTERN TURKEY. AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH FROM THAT REGION, ACCORDING TO THE FRANCO-TURKISH AGREEMENT OF THE 20th OCTOBER, 1921, HE WAS ASSIGNED BY THE PARLIAMENT IN ANKARA, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GREAT ASSAULT AT THE WESTERN FRONT; CONSEQUENTLY, HE TOOK PART IN THE WAR AGAINST THE GREEKS. DURING THE KUTAHYA-ESKISEHIR BATTLES, HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE SOUTH FLANK OF THE WESTERN FRONT AND PROMOTED TO PASHA(BRIGADIER GENERAL). DURING THE SAKARYA BATTLE, HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE 2nd GROUP. LATER HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMANDER OF THE 2nd ARMY.

WHILE ISTANBUL WAS UNDER THE ALLIED OCCUPATION, HE WAS ASSIGNED TO ISTANBUL AS THE COMMANDER OF THE CITY ON 23 NOVEMBER 1922. AS HIS SOLDIERS PARADED IN ISTANBUL, ALL CITY WAS ON THE STREETS. IN 1923 HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE MAJOR GENERAL, AND RETIRED FROM THE ARMY.