Milli Mücadelenin lideri neden Mustafa Kemal oldu? [Yüksel Nizamoğlu - 22 Mayıs 2019]

Yüksel Nizamoğlu: why Mustafa Kemal became leader of the National Struggle; Nuri Pasha as an alternative.

In this Tr724 TV broadcast of 22 May 2019, historian Yüksel Nizamoğlu discusses why Mustafa Kemal became leader of the National Struggle and why alternatives such as Army Commander Vehip Pasha or Nuri Pasha, commander of the Caucasus Islamic Army that advanced as far as Baku, were not chosen. It is a popular-history talk showing how the army's success echoed in Turkish politics after 1919.