Download or read book Sultanists, Republicans, Communists: The Turkish National Movement in Istanbul, 1918-1923 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of my dissertation is the formation of the Turkish national movement in the period between the end of World War I and the founding of the Republic of Turkey as a new nation state in October 1923. It focuses on Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, which was under the British, French and Italian occupation during this crucial period. My dissertation analyzes the power struggles between various social and political forces involved in the resistance movement against the Allied occupation.