ضربهٔ کاری
The Fatal Blow
وقتی مصطفی کمال احساس کرد که کل فضا علیه اوست و اکثریت مجلس ملی نیز با او مخالف است، به راهی برای خروج از این بنبست حساس اندیشید. این شرایط برای از سرگیری کنفرانس صلح در لوزان مساعد نبود، زیرا اجازه نمیداد چهار شرطی که انگلیسیها مقرر کرده بودند و کرزن، وزیر خارجه بریتانیا، موفقیت کنفرانس را مشروط به آنها کرده بود، اجرا شود. از این رو، ناگزیر بود اقدامی انجام دهد که وی را قادر به تحقق این شرایط سازد. همچنین لازم بود از مجلس ملی تصمیمی گرفته شود که تأسیس جمهوری را تأیید کند و او را به ریاست جمهوری برگزیند، و نیز تصمیمی که لغو کامل خلافت را تأیید کند. از آنجا که اکثریت مجلس ملی با او مخالف بود و بعید بود که نقشههای او را اجرا کند یا با او همراهی نماید، به انحلال مجلس ملی و برگزاری انتخابات جدید اندیشید تا از این طریق بتواند مجلس ملی تازهای از میان یاران خود پدید آورد که از او حمایت کنند، آرمانهای او را عملی سازند و قطعنامههای مورد نظرش را تأیید نمایند.
When Mustafa Kemal sensed that the whole atmosphere was against him and that the majority of the National Assembly was also against him, he thought of a way out from this critical impasse. These circumstances were not favourable to the resumption of the peace conference in Lausanne, for they would not allow the execution of the four conditions stipulated by the British which Curzon, the British Foreign Secretary, had made conditional for the success of the conference. Hence, it was imperative for him to undertake an action which would enable him to fulfil these conditions. It was also imperative to obtain a decision from the National Assembly endorsing the establishment of the Republic and electing him as President of the Republic, and to obtain a decision endorsing the total abolishment of the Khilafah. Since the majority of the National Assembly was against him and since it was unlikely that it would execute his plans or agree to proceed with him, he thought about dissolving the National Assembly and holding fresh elections which would enable him to bring a new National Assembly from among his own men, who would support him, execute his aspirations and endorse the resolutions he wanted.