Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Basa rokupedzisira raAtatürk muuto reOttoman rakanga riri kuronga kudzoka kwemauto eOttoman akasiyiwa kumashure kumaodzanyemba kwemutsetse wokudzivirira. Mukutanga kwaNovember 1918, Yıldırım Army Group yakaparadzwa zviri pamutemo, uye Atatürk akadzokera kune imwe
vakagara muConstantinople, guta guru reOttoman, musi wa13 November 1918. Kwenguva yakati, akashanda padzimbahwe reBazi reHondo ("Harbiye Nezareti") muConstantinople uye akaenderera mberi nemabasa ake muguta rino kusvika 16 Chivabvu 1919. Mukuwirirana nemiganhu yakagadzwa yokuparadzaniswa kweUmambo hweOttoman, maAllies (mauto eBritain, Italy, France neGreece) akatora Anatolia. Kubatwa kweConstantinople, kwakateverwa nekubatwa kweIzmir (maguta maviri makuru eOttoman panguva iyoyo) kwakakonzera kuvambwa kweTurkey National Movement uye Hondo yeTurkey yeRusununguko.