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Adnan Harun Yahya

public enterprises of the Society. What I have just said about this Society will

become much clearer to you when I enter into further particulars later on
and lay before you certain documents which will astonish you. 308

Clergyman Frew, whom Atatürk mentions in his Great Speech, was the
chief of British intelligence in Istanbul. He held British communication codes,

which Ali Rıza Bey from the Karakol Society (a secret society within the Is-
tanbul government of the Ottoman Empire whose purpose was to assist the

efforts of nationalist forces) stole and broke. This unraveled the planned up-
rising in Diyarbakir by the Bedirhan tribe under the auspices of Damat Ferid

Pasha. Mustafa Kemal Pasha, after being informed directly about the details,
which were all in Frew's file, was able to take necessary precautions.

The British propaganda in Istanbul wasn't only from the Society of the

Friends of England. Refi Cevat Ulunay's daily Alemdar printed an editorial
on the day Atatürk arrived at Samsun, entitled 'Who We Want'. It read: "In-

stead of getting another limb torn every day, let's surrender our skin to a doc-
tor and let's save ourselves. Anglo-Saxons are able to breathe such strong life

to wherever they are that they bring that community to a position where it will
be a strong candidate for the future."

Novels Were Written about the Collaborators with the British
During the Occupation of Istanbul

Sami Bey, in the famous novel of Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu titled Sodom ve Go-
more (Sodom and Gomorrah), was a cosmopolitan character who had lost touch
with his national values, forgotten his identity and who surmised that fraternizing
with the foreigners would elevate his status. Sami Bey was convinced that the British
were capable of doing anything and therefore opposed the nationalist movement
in Anatolia. Grand Vizier Damat Ferid and journalist Ali Kemal were among the
leading figures represented by Sami Bey in the novel.
Clearly, many people consorted with and ingratiated themselves with the British
during the occupation. They caused immense difficulties for the people of Istan-
bul and Anatolia with their spying and the intelligence they provided. The Inde-
pendence War started amid this difficult background but nevertheless resulted in
an epic victory.