Baada ya ushindi huu, Mustafa Kemal alijaribu tena kutwaa madaraka kwa njia halali kupitia bunge. Maandalizi ya uchaguzi mpya wa bunge yalianzishwa, lakini yalikuwa kwa msingi wa zamani, yaani bunge la Ottoman lililo chini ya serikali ya Khalifa. Hata hivyo, Waziri Mkuu Ali Ridha alikuwa dhaifu, na alihisi watu wakielekea kwa Mustafa Kemal. Hivyo aliona ni busara kufikia makubaliano naye. Kwa hiyo alimtuma Salih Pasha, Waziri wa Jeshi la Wanamaji, hadi Anatolia, ambako tarehe 18 Oktoba 1919, alifanya kikao na Kamati ya Bunge, mkutano ambao baadaye ulijulikana kama Mkutano wa Amasia. Mkutano ulidumu siku kadhaa, na Salih Pasha alifanikiwa kuleta maridhiano kati ya wabunge na serikali. Pendekezo la kwanza kutolewa katika mkutano huo, na kukubaliwa mara moja na pande zote mbili, lilikuwa kutokiukwa kwa Usultani na Ukhalifa.

Having achieved this victory, Mustafa Kemal attempted once again to seize power through legitimate means through parliament. Preparations for the new parliamentary elections were set in motion, but they were on the old basis, namely an Ottoman parliament subordinate to the Khaleefah’s government. However, the Prime Minister Ali Ridha was weak and he sensed people’s drift towards Mustafa Kemal. Thus he deemed it wise to come to terms with him. Accordingly he sent Salih Pasha, the Navy minister to Anatolia, where on 18th October 1919, he held with the Parliamentary Committee a meeting which became later known as the “Amasia Conference”. The conference lasted several days and Salih Pasha succeeded in reconciling between the deputies and the government. The first motion to be proposed at the conference and to be instantly agreed upon by the two parties was the “non infringement of the Sultanate and the Khilafah”.

Mjumbe wa Istanbul kisha aliidhinisha maazimio yote yaliyopitishwa katika mkutano wa Ardh-Rum na mkutano wa Sivas. Mabishano makali yalizuka kuhusu suala la kuvunjwa kwa Kamati ya Bunge, na baada ya mjadala kuzidi, suala hilo lilibaki bila kutatuliwa, na iliamuliwa kwamba lingesimamishwa hadi wajumbe wa bunge jipya watakapokutana ili kulitatua.

The Istanbul delegate then endorsed all the resolutions adopted at the “Ardh-Rum” conference and the Sivas conference. A heated argument broke out pertaining the issue of dissolving the Parliamentary Committee, and after the debate intensified, the issue was left unsettled and it was decided that it would remain suspended until the members of the new parliament could meet to settle it.

Kisha Mustafa Kemal alihamia Ankara ili kuishi huko na kuifanya kuwa kituo chake. Maandalizi yalifanywa ya kumpokea, na asubuhi ya siku aliyopangiwa kuwasili, wakazi wa eneo hilo waliamka mapema, na mji mzima ulisubiri kwa shauku. Wakulima waliacha mashamba yao ili kushiriki katika kumpokea, na masheikh wa tariqa walitoka katika msafara mkubwa, wakibeba bendera kubwa za kijani zilizobeba Aya tukufu za Qur'ani. Alipowasili, watu walishangilia, wanawake walipiga vigelegele, na sauti za Takbir na shangwe zilivuma; aliingia mjini kama shujaa na kuchukua makazi.

Then Mustafa Kemal moved to Ankara to take up residence there and to use it as his centre. Arrangements were made to greet him and on the morning of his scheduled arrival, the local residents were up early and the whole city waited in anticipation. The farmers left their farms to take part in greeting him and the dervish came out in a large procession, carrying large green banners bearing the exalted Qur’anic Verses. When he arrived people cheered, women shrilled, and chants of Takbir and acclaim reverberated; he entered the city as a hero and took up residence.

Uchaguzi mpya ulifanyika na Mustafa Kemal alichaguliwa kuwa mbunge wa Ankara. Kisha wabunge kadhaa walimiminika Ankara na wakafanya kikao cha awali cha kujadili mambo yao. Wakati wa kikao hicho, pendekezo liliwasilishwa la kuitisha bunge katika mji mkuu na kuvunja kongamano hilo, kwa kuwa wajumbe wake sasa walikuwa wabunge rasmi.

Fresh elections took place and Mustafa Kemal was elected as a member of parliament for Ankara. Several deputies then flocked to Ankara and held a preliminary meeting to discuss their affairs. During the meeting, a proposal was put forward to convene parliament in the capital and to dissolve the conference now that its members had become official deputies.

Hata hivyo, Mustafa Kemal alipinga vikali na kwa kuendelea mawazo yote mawili, akisema: Mkutano lazima uendelee hadi itakapojulikana wazi kiwango cha bunge kushikamana na haki, na hadi sera yake itakapokuwa wazi.

However, Mustafa Kemal opposed both ideas vehemently and persistently by saying : “The conference must continue until the extent of parliament’s adherence to justice becomes manifest and until its policy becomes clear.

Kuhusu kuhamia mji mkuu, hili halingeweza kuchukuliwa kuwa si chochote zaidi ya upumbavu mtupu.

As for moving to the capital, this could only be regarded as sheer idiocy.

Ikiwa ungefanya hivyo, ungekuwa chini ya rehema ya adui wa Magharibi, kwa kuwa Waingereza bado walikuwa wakidhibiti nchi, na mamlaka yangeingilia mambo yako, na huenda ungekamatwa. Kwa hiyo, bunge lipaswa kuitishwa hapa Ankara, ili libaki huru na la kujitegemea. Hata hivyo, manaibu wote walisisitiza kwamba uzinduzi wa bunge ufanyike katika mji mkuu Istanbul na katika jengo la bunge, ili wawe huko chini ya uangalizi wa mtawala halali wa nchi, Sultani Wahid-ud-Deen, Khalifa wa Waislamu. Kufuatia hilo, Mustafa Kemal alinyamaza kimya na kukubali. Hata hivyo, hakwenda Istanbul bali alibaki Ankara. Kabla ya hapo, alikuwa amefanya kikao cha bunge pamoja na manaibu wa Ankara na kuwapa maagizo yanayohitajika. Aliwaomba wampigie kura kuwa spika wa bunge wakati yeye hayupo.

If you did this, you would be under the mercy of the Western enemy, for the British are still in control of the country and the authority would interfere in your affairs, and you might be arrested. Therefore, parliament should be convened here in Ankara, so that it remains free and independent.” However, all the deputies insisted that the inauguration of parliament should take place in the capital Istanbul and in the house of parliament, so that they could be there under the wing of the legitimate ruler of the country, Sultan Wahid-ud-Deen, the Khaleefah of the Muslims. Upon this Mustafa Kemal kept silent and accepted it. However, he did not go to Istanbul but remained in Ankara. Prior to this, he had held a parliamentary meeting with the Ankara deputies and had given them the necessary instructions. He requested from them to vote for him as speaker of parliament in his absence.

Tarehe 11 Novemba 1919, bunge lilizinduliwa kwa hotuba ya kiti cha enzi, kisha uchaguzi wa spika ukafanyika. Wabunge walikataa kumchagua Mustafa Kemal kuwa spika, badala yake wakamchagua Rauf Beik.

On 11th November 1919, parliament was inaugurated by a speech of the throne then the election of a speaker took place. The deputies refused to elect Mustafa Kemal as speaker and they opted for Ra’uf Beik instead.

Kisha tarehe 28 Januari 1920, bunge liliidhinisha hati ya kitaifa inayojulikana kama Mkataba maarufu wa Milli, ambao ulithibitisha maazimio ya mikutano ya Ardh-Rum na Sivas. Mkataba huo ulitaka uhuru na uhuru kamili wa mikoa yote yenye wakazi wengi wa Kituruki, ikiwa ni pamoja na Istanbul na vitongoji vyake, vinavyonyoosha kando ya bahari ya Marmara, kwa sharti kwamba hatima ya sehemu zote za Dola ingeamuliwa kupitia kura ya maoni.

Then on 28th January 1920, parliament ratified the national charter known as the famous “Milli Charter”, which confirmed the resolutions of the “Ardh-Rum” and Sivas conferences. The charter called for the total independence and freedom of all the provinces inhabited by a Turkish majority, including Istanbul and its suburbs, stretching alongside the sea of Marmara, provided that the fate of all parts of the Empire would be decided through a referendum.

Wakati huo huo, nchi za Ulaya ziliufahamisha serikali ya Dola ya Othmani kupitia waraka rasmi kwamba Istanbul na mikondo ya bahari lazima zibaki chini ya mamlaka ya Sultani. Wafuasi wa Mustafa Kemal walilitafsiri hili kama ushindi kwa sera yao, na kwamba ingewezekana kufikia makubaliano na Wazungu kwa masharti ya usitishaji vita yaliyo ya haki zaidi. Kwa hiyo, Mustafa Kemal alianza kufanya kazi ya kuiangusha serikali ya Ali Ridha Pasha na kuibadilisha na serikali ya msimamo mkali wa kizalendo. Aliendelea na kuwasukuma wabunge kwa nguvu kuchukua hatua hii, na akatumia juhudi zake zote, lakini wabunge walirudi nyuma na walikataa kumsikiliza Mustafa Kemal. Hivyo alikasirika na kutambua kwamba mpango wake wa kuchukua madaraka kwa njia halali, na kuibadilisha mfumo wa Khilafah kuwa mfumo wa kijamhuri, ulikuwa umepangwa kushindwa bila shaka. Kwa hiyo, alianza kuchochea tena uasi ili kunyakua madaraka kwa nguvu.

Meanwhile, the European countries informed the Ottoman government through an official memorandum that Istanbul and the straits must remain under the disposal of the Sultan. The followers of Mustafa Kemal interpreted this as a victory to their policy and that it would be possible to come to terms with the Europeans over fairer truce terms. Therefore, Mustafa Kemal started to work towards bringing down the government of Ali Ridha Pasha and towards replacing it by an outright nationalist government. He persisted and pressed the deputies vehemently to undertake this initiative and exhausted all his efforts, but the deputies recoiled and refused to listen to Mustafa Kemal. Thus he became enraged and realised that his plan to seize power through legitimate means and to replace the Khilafah system by a republican system was inevitably doomed to failure. Therefore, he set about rekindling the rebellion in order to seize power by force.