The Armistice of Mudros signed with the Allied Powers was the beginning of the end for the Ottoman Empire, which was defeated in the First World War. Sultanate rights were being disregarded and the country was being occupied. With the resulting management vacuum, internal rebellions followed. Economic depression and epidemic diseases also exhausted the Ottoman Empire. During the period when the sultanate was desperate, young Ottoman officers went to Anatolia under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal and began to seek a solution for salvation, and the formula was determined. A Parliament should be established and sovereignty should belong to the nation unconditionally. That torch that would illuminate the path of salvation for a nation despite all the difficulties and impossibilities was lit in Ankara on April 23, 1920. Historian Cezmi Eraslan told NTV about the difficult path from occupation to national sovereignty. (News: Osman Terkan Camera: Cumhur Çatkaya)
