National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)

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The National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) was a set of six resolutions adopted in 1920 that defined the territorial integrity and political goals of the Turkish national movement, forming the ideological basis for the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational document of the Turkish national movement
political declaration
set of resolutions
adoptedBy Ottoman Chamber of Deputies
linked to: Ottoman Parliament

Turkish national movement
adoptedIn final session of the last Ottoman Parliament
adoptionDate 1920
alsoKnownAs National Oath
associatedWith Erzurum Congress
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Sivas Congress
context aftermath of World War I
partition plans for the Ottoman Empire
corePrinciple indivisibility of Turkish national territory
national sovereignty
self-determination of Muslim-majority Ottoman territories
country Ottoman Empire
defines political goals of the Turkish national movement
territorial integrity of the Turkish nation
EnglishName National Pact
hasPart six fundamental articles
ideologicalBasisFor establishment of the Republic of Turkey
influenced Kemalist ideology
Treaty of Lausanne
inspiredBy decisions of the Erzurum and Sivas congresses
language Ottoman Turkish
legacy reference point in modern Turkish border and foreign policy debates
legalStatus political program rather than a formal international treaty
numberOfArticles 6
opposed Treaty of Sèvres territorial provisions
placeOfAdoption Istanbul
politicalGoal free and secure control of the Straits subject to international regulation
full independence in internal and external affairs
international recognition of Turkish borders based on ethnic and religious composition
protection of minority rights on condition of reciprocity
relatedTo Treaty of Sèvres
Turkish War of Independence
resultedIn dissolution of the last Ottoman Chamber of Deputies by the Allied powers
symbolOf Turkish national unity
resistance to foreign occupation
territorialClaim Anatolia
Ardahan region
linked to: Ardahan

Batumi region
Eastern Thrace
linked to: Thrace

Kars region
linked to: Kars Province

Mosul vilayet (contested)
linked to: Mosul Vilayet
timePeriod late Ottoman period
TurkishName Misak-ı Millî

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First Republic of Turkey (Ankara Government) basedOn National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)
Sivas Congress of 1919 relatedTo National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)
Government of the Grand National Assembly territorialClaim Misak-ı Millî (National Pact) borders
linked to: National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)
National Pact (Misak-ı Millî) TurkishName Misak-ı Millî
linked to: National Pact (Misak-ı Millî)