Mustafa Kemal bai yi wani aiki ba sai yada ra'ayoyinsa da tara magoya baya, har zuwa watan Mayu na 1919, lokacin da lokacinsa ya zo, kuma kawancen (Allies) suka fara aiki da wata hanya daban don cimma manufarsu, wato raba Turkiyya da sauran sassan Daular Usmaniyya, rushe Khilafah da kafa jamhuriyar Turkawa.

Mustafa Kemal refrained from undertaking any other activity apart from spreading his thoughts and gathering supporters until May 1919, when his turn came and the allies started working in a different style to achieve their objective, i.e that of separating Turkey from the other parts of the Ottoman State, destroying the Khilafah and establishing a Turkish republic.

Wannan ya faru ne bayan da ƙoƙarin su na haddasa rikicin siyasa da kuma sanya wakilansu a kan mulki ta hanyoyi na halal da na doka ya ci tura. Ayyukansu na siyasa ne, na ƙasashen waje, kuma na juyin-juya-hali. Abin da ya motsa su shi ne ci gaba da Italiya take yi na son kwace Cilicia a matsayin wani ɓangare na ganimarta. Saboda haka, Birtaniya ta fahimci cewa muddin ba ta yi aiki daga cikin Turkiyya ta gaske ba don adawa da ƙawaye, ba za ta iya aiwatar da shirinta a Turkiyya ba, ko kuma ta kori abokan adawarta, Faransa da Italiya, daga wuraren dabarun Turkiyya. Da zarar Italiya ta mamaye birnin Antalia da gonaki da ke kewaye da shi a watan Afrilu na 1919, kuma da zarar ta mamaye Fayum, wadda take cikin Yugoslabiya, sai ta yi yunƙurin mamaye Izmir a madadin ƙawayen.

This took place once their endeavours to cause a political crisis and place their agents in power through legitimate and legal means had failed. Their actions were political, international and revolutionary. What prompted them was Italy’s persistence to seize Cilicia as part of her spoils. Hence, Britain realised that as long as she does not operate from within Turkey proper against the allies, she would not be able to execute her plan in Turkey and chase her opponents, France and Italy, from Turkey’s strategic positions. Once Italy had occupied the city of Antalia and the surrounding estates in April 1919, and once she had occupied Fayum, which was part of Yugoslavia, she attempted to occupy Izmir on behalf of the Allies.

Biritaniya da Faransa sun adawa da wannan mataki nata, kuma sun yanke shawarar fuskantar ta da hana ta mamaye Izmir ko gabar tekun yammacin Anatoliya.

Britain and France opposed her move and decided to confront her and prevent her from occupying Izmir or the western coastline of Anatolia.

Sai suka fara adawa da mamayar Antalya da Italiya ta yi, suna cewa hakan zai ba ta iko a gabashin tekun Bahar Rum. Yarjejeniyar da Birtaniya, Faransa, Italiya da Rasha suka sanya hannu a kanta, wadda ta amince da mamayar Izmir da gabar tekun yammacin ƙasar da Italiya ta yi, an ɗauke ta a matsayin ba ta da inganci, saboda Rasha ta janye daga yaƙin kuma ba ta sanya hannu a kanta ba. Sannan suka shirya shirin cewa Girka ta mamaye Izmir.

Then they started objecting to her occupation of Antalia arguing that this would give her control over the eastern side of the Mediterranean. The treaty that had been signed between Britain, France, Italy and Russia, endorsing Italy’s occupation of Izmir and the western coastline, was considered null and void because Russia had withdrawn form the war and never signed it. They then laid their plan for Greece to occupy Izmir.

Sun fara aiwatar da wannan shiri a gefe guda. A gefe guda kuma, Birtaniya ta yi ikirarin cewa tashin hankali ya barke a Anatolia, cikin Asiya Ƙarama, kuma fashi, kwasar ganima da lalata dukiya sun yaɗu, kuma suna ƙaruwa cikin firgitarwa. Ta kuma ce jami'an tsaro sun kasance suna yawo a ƙasar ba tare da manufa ba, tana mai jaddada cewa dole ne a kiyaye doka da oda, kuma ana buƙatar tsauraran matakai wajen magance waɗanda suka keta tsaro. Saboda haka, Birtaniya ta buƙaci gwamnatin Istanbul ta aika da wani mutum mai ƙarfi zuwa lardunan gabas, tare da ba shi aikin dawo da doka da oda da sake kafa ikon gwamnati.

They set about executing this plan on the one hand. On the other hand, Britain simultaneously claimed that disturbances had broken out in Anatolia, inside Asia Minor, and that robberies, looting and pillaging had become widespread and that it was on an alarming increase. She claimed also that the security forces had been roaming the country aimlessly, streesing that law and order must be observed and that a heavy handed approach was required to deal with those who breached security. Hence, Britain demanded from the government in Istanbul to send a strong man to the eastern provinces and assign to him the task of restoring law and order and re-establishing the government’s authority.

Ita ma ta ba da shawara a fakaice cewa Mustafa Kemal ya karɓi wannan matsayi.

She also unofficially recommended Mustafa Kemal to assume this role.

Ma'aikatar yaƙi ta tuntuɓi game da wannan batu, sai Jawad Pasha, babban mai ba da shawara a ma'aikatar yaƙi, ya amince. Ba shi da masaniya game da Mustafa Kemal, amma ministan yaƙi yana zargin manufofin Kemal, domin ya san shirye-shiryensa. Duk da haka, nan take ya amince, ya kuma sanar da Mustafa Kemal. Shi kuwa ya amsa cewa domin a gudanar da bincike cikin sauri da kuma a aiwatar da matakan da suka dace, a lokacin da tashe-tashen hankula ke yawaita a lardunan gabas, hakan zai tilasta masa a ba shi iko mai yawa, kuma a sa penderin shawararsa ta zama tilas. Ma'aikatar ta amince da dukkan bukatunsa.

The war ministry was approached pertaining this issue and Jawad Pasha, the Senior Adviser at the war ministry, approved. He knew nothing of Mustafa Kemal, but the war minister was suspicious of Kemal’s intentions, for he was aware of his plans. Nevertheless, he immediately agreed and broke the news to Mustafa Kemal, who replied that for a speedy investigation to be carried out and for the appropriate measures to be executed while unrest was rampant in the eastern provinces, this would inevitably require that he be given wide powers and for his decisions to be binding. The ministry agreed to all his demands.

Mustafa Kemal, ta wancan lokaci, yana shiru kuma cikin nutsuwa. Babu wanda ya san cewa yana ɗauke da ƙiyayya ga Sarki da gwamnati, domin yana tara magoya baya cikin ɓoye sosai. Marmarinsa na samun cikakkun iko masu yawa ya sa ya ƙi karɓar umarnin da aka fara ba shi. Ya sake duba su, ya rubuta su a sabon tsari wanda aka tsara don cimma burin da yake nufi. Bayan ya duba umarnin, sai ya gabatar da tsarinsa ga Firaminista, wanda ya sanya hannu a kai ba tare da duba su ba. Daga nan ya kai su wurin Ministan Yaƙi, wanda da farko ya yi shakka, sannan ya sanya hannu. An aika da kwafi zuwa ga Babban Kwamishinan Birtaniya, zuwa ga Harrington, Babban Kwamandan rundunonin ƙawance, da kuma zuwa ga dukkan jami'an rundunonin ƙawance.

Mustafa Kemal had been up until then silent and calm. No one knew that he harboured feelings of hostility towards the Sultan and the government, for he used to gather supporters in total secrecy. His eagerness to acquire wide mandatory powers led him to reject the instructions handed to him at first. He reviewed them and wrote them anew in a format designed to achieve the goal he was aiming for. Having reviewed the instructions, he then presented his own format to the Prime Minister who signed it without checking them. He then took them to the war minister who at first hesitated and then signed. Copies were dispatched to the British High Commissioner, to Harrington, the General Commander of the allied forces, and to all the officers of the allied forces.

Abin da ya kamata a ambata shi ne cewa Burtaniya ita kaɗai ce ƙasar da ta nuna damuwa fiye da kima da kuma sha'awar murkushe tashin hankalin. Amma game da Faransa, ba ta taɓa tsammanin barkewar wani rikici mai ban tsoro a wannan daular da aka ci da yaƙi ba, saboda haka ba ta ba su wani muhimmanci ba.

What is worth mentioning is that Britain alone was the only country to show excessive concern and desire to quell the unrest. As for France, she never expected the breakout of any alarming disturbances in this vanquished empire, hence she did not pay them any attention.

Duk da haka, da zarar Mustafa Kemal ya samu umarninsa, kuma ya tabbatar da duk ikon da ake buƙata wanda ya so, sai ya tashi zuwa Anatoliya, ya bar Istanbul a ranar 15 ga Mayu a cikin ƙaramin jirgin ruwa mai suna Anipoli, yana fatan isa Samsun ta cikin Tekun Baƙi.

Nevertheless, once Mustafa Kemal was given his instructions, and once he had secured all the mandatory powers he had wanted, he set sail for Anatolia and left Istanbul on 15th May aboard the small ship Anipoli, hoping to reach Samsun via the Black Sea.

A wannan lokaci, a makon biyu na watan Afrilu 1919, an sanar da gwamnatin Daular Usmaniyya cewa, bisa ga kasida ta bakwai da ke cikin sharuddan yarjejeniyar tsagaita wuta, ƙawayen sun shirya yin mamayar Izmir, kuma bisa ga wannan kasida, sun tanadi haƙƙin aiwatar da hakan duk lokacin da muradunsu suka tsinci barazana. Saboda haka, Firayim Minista Damad Farid Pasha ya ba Wali na Izmir umarni. Ya jaddada buƙatar a ajiye sojoji a cikin sansanoninsu, kuma ya tilasta masa ya hana da ƙarfi duk wata zanga-zanga da mazauna yankin za su iya gudanarwa.

Meanwhile, in the second week of April 1919, the Ottoman government was briefed that according to the seventh article pertaining to the terms of the truce, the allies were about to carry out their occupation of Izmir, and that according to this article, they reserved the right to execute this whenever their interests were threatened. Therefore, the Prime Minister Damad Farid Pasha gave his instructions to the Wali of Izmir. He emphasised the need to keep the armies inside their barracks and forced him to ban by force any demonstration which the locals may hold.

Ranar 14 ga Mayu 1919, an ga jiragen ruwan Birtaniya a kusa da gaɓar tekun Izmir. Kwamandan jiragen ruwan, Admiral Colthorpe, ya gaya wa Wali ya shirya don sojojin ƙawance waɗanda ke shirin sauka a ƙasa. Sannan ya kira Wali ya zo ya gan shi. Da ya isa, ya ce masa: "Na ji yanzu cewa Helenawa ne za su sauka su mamaye Izmir." Wali ya firgita, ya kalli Admiral cikin rashin yarda. Ba ya iya riƙe hawaye ba, sai suka zubo sosai, kuma cikin makogwaro mai nauyi da murya da ke nuna wulakanci da baƙin ciki, ya ce: "Helenawa! Helenawa sun zo su mamaye Izmir?" Admiral ya amsa: "Waɗannan ne umarnin da na karɓa daga Paris." Wali ya ce: "Ba ni da alhakin hakan kuma ba zan iya hasashen abin da zai faru ba." Kwamandan ya ce masa: "Ba zai yiwu wasu ba sai Helenawa su mamaye Izmir. Ka fahimta?" Bisa wannan, Wali ya ce masa: "Ina buƙatar sojojinka ɗari uku kawai don in kwantar da hankalin Musulmai da tabbatar musu cewa mamayar ƙawayen ce ba Helenawa ba, kuma wannan mamaya na ɗan lokaci ce ba ta dindindin ba." Kwamandan ya amsa: "Ba zai yiwu ba." Sannan ya kawo ƙarshen tattaunawar.

On 14th May 1919, the British fleet was seen inshore around Izmir. The commander of the fleet, Admiral Colthorpe, told the Wali to be ready for the allied forces who were about to disembark. Then he summoned the Wali to meet him. When he arrived he said to him : “I have just heard that it will be the Greeks who will be disembarking and occupying Izmir.” The Wali was devastated and looked at the Admiral in disbelief. He could not hold back the tears, so they started flowing profusely and he said with a lump in his throat and in a voice expressing humiliation and dejection : “The Greeks! The Greeks have come to occupy Izmir?” The Admiral replied : “These are the orders I received from Paris.” The Wali said : “I am not responsible and I cannot predict what will happen.” The commander said to him : “It is impossible for other than the Greeks to occupy Izmir. Do you understand?” Upon this the Wali said to him : “I only need three hundred of your soldiers to reassure the Muslims and to prove to them that the occupation is carried out by the allies and not the Greeks, and that this occupation is temporary rather than permanent.” The Commander replied : “Impossible.” Then he ended the conversation.

Como sakamakon wannan waya, an cire Wali na Sinop daga mukaminsa, kuma an yi musayar telegrams tsakanin Firayim Minista, yana aiki a madadin Sarki, da Mustafa Kemal, inda Sarki ya nace cewa Mustafa Kemal ya koma nan take. Sai dai Mustafa Kemal ya ki, ya kuma aika da waya inda ya ce: Zan ci gaba da zama a Anatoliya har sai an samu 'yancin kasar. Wannan ki bayyananne ya zama mataki na farko zuwa tawaye; ya ci gaba da tara mutane da yawo a Anatoliya har sai da ya tada tawayen.

As a result of this telegram, the Wali of Sinop was dismissed from his post and telegrams were exchanged between the Prime Minister, acting on behalf of the Sultan, and Mustafa Kemal, with the Sultan insisting that Mustafa Kemal should return immediately. However, Mustafa Kemal refused and sent a telegram in which he said : “I shall remain in Anatolia until the country’s independence is achieved.” This flagrant refusal was the first step towards the rebellion; and he went on gathering people and roaming about Anatolia until he had flared up the rebellion.

Bu ne ne Mustafa Kemal ya fara tawayensa wanda ya kai ga soke Khilafah da raba Turkiyya da sauran sassan Daular Usmaniyya, ko kuma, a cewar Yammacin duniya, lalata Daular Usmaniyya. Daga wadannan abubuwan kadai mutum zai iya kammalawa ba tare da wata shakka ba cewa Turawan Ingila ne suka fara komai don tada wannan tawaye, kuma su ne suka aike Mustafa Kemal ya aiwatar da shi. Domin su ne suka ce an samu tashe-tashen hankula a lardunan gabas, su ne suka bukaci Mustafa Kemal ya je ya murkushe tashe-tashen hankulan, su ne suka zuga Girkawa su mamaye Izmir, karkashin kariya da goyon bayan rundunar jiragen ruwansu, suka kuma aiwatar da irin wadannan tsokanu. Haka kuma Turawan Ingila ne suka kawo Mustafa Kemal Izmir, duk da rokon da hukumomin Usmaniyya suka yi masa ya koma, kuma suka shimfida masa hanya ya yi amfani da wadannan tsokanu nan take ya fara tara mutane a kewayensa. Wadannan abubuwa suna magana sosai, suna kuma nuna a fili gaskiyar da kowa zai iya yatsa ya nuna.

This is how Mustafa Kemal started his rebellion which ended in the abolishment of the Khilafah and the severance of Turkey from the other parts of the Ottoman State, or according to the Westerners, the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. From these events alone, one can conclude without any shade of a doubt that it was the British who had initiated everything to flare up this rebellion, and that it was they who had sent Mustafa Kemal to carry it out. For it was they who claimed that there had been disturbances in the eastern provinces, it was they who demanded that Mustafa Kemal should go to quell the disturbances, it was they who inspired the Greeks to occupy Izmir, under the guardianship and protection of their fleet, and to carry out such provocations. Also it was the British who had brought Mustafa Kemal to Izmir, despite the Ottoman authorities’ pleas for him to return, and who paved the way for him to immediately take advantage of those provocations and start gathering people around him. These events speak volumes and indicate most conspicuously the conclusive truth which everyone can put their finger on.