Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin Armistice na Mudros, an rarraba Daular Ottoman tsakanin Allies, inda Helenawa suka mamaye yamma, Birtaniyya ta mamaye babban birnin da kudu maso gabas, kuma Italiya da Faransa sun mamaye kudancin ƙasar. "Kuva-yi Milliye" sune ƙungiyoyin farko masu dauke da makamai don kare haƙƙin Ottoman a Anatolia da Rumelia. "Kuva-yi Milliye" ya ƙunshi jami'an sojojin Ottoman da suka yi hijira da 'yan bindiga. "Kuva-yi Milliye" ya zama mai aiki lokacin da Helenawa suka sauka a Smyrna (İzmir). Mutanen da suka yi adawa da rabuwa da Anatolia ta hanyar yarjejeniyar Sèvres da ba a amince da ita ba sun shiga cikin juriya. Yakin Faransa da Turkiyya
kusan an gudanar da shi ne kawai ta hanyar Kuva-yi Milliye raka'a a bangaren Turkiyya. A yammacin Anatolia, "Kuva-yi Milliye" ya yi yaƙi da sojojin Girka ta hanyar buga-da-gudu dabaru har sai an kafa rundunar soja. Resistance na "Kuva-yi Milliye" ya jinkirta ci gaban Girka a Anatolia.