Havza’da Mustafa Kemal Paşa- Rus Albayı Semen Mihailoviç Budienni Görüşmesi

Abstract

From the first days of the National Struggle, turkish intellectuals and administrators thought over various ways of liberation against the occupation of the Ottoman lands by the allied powers. The aim of Mustafa Kemal was focused on how they could get help and support from Bolshevik Russia with reference to the view that the country could only be liberated with an armed resistance. The first reason of this was the new non-liberal regime of Bolshevik Russia and its stance against imperialism. Another reason was that Bolshevik did not take part in the League of Nations. Thirdly, it could be said that Socialist Republics had just started to form. Bolshevik Russia, later called the Soviet Union tried to persuade the followers of National Struggle to Bolshevism who got into the act in the decadent Ottoman State. Bolshevik Russia contacted the nationalists in Anatolia to achieve this goal. This relationship had great importance for Bolshevik Russia. Because the establishment of the new regime in Turkey would be a victory of Russia against the West. Also, Russia would remove the blockade made from the south by destroying the Great Wall of the Caucasus formed by the British at that time. The first contact of the Bolshevik Russians with Mustafa Kemal was in Havza. In this meeting, Miralay Budienni pledged Mustafa Kemal the help of Bolshevik Russia concerning armament and monetary aid, and in return for this help he invited the Turks to fight against the common enemy, the Allied Powers. In this paper, Mustafa Kemal Pasha’s meeting with Russian Colonel Semen Mihailovic Budienni and the Bolsheviks’ efforts to change the regime in Turkey will be discussed. Keywords: Havza Meeting, Bolshevik, Colonel Budienni, Mustafa Kemal, National struggle