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Misak-ı Millî (Turkish:[misaːˈkɯmilˈliː],National Pact orNational Oath) is the set of six decisions made by the last term of theOttoman Parliament. Parliament met on 28 January 1920 and published their decisions on 12 February 1920.
TheOttoman Minister of Internal Affairs,Damat Ferid Pasha, made the opening speech of parliament due toSultan Mehmed VI's illness. A group of parliamentarians calledFelâh-ı Vatan was established byMustafa Kemal Pasha's friends to acknowledge the decisions taken at theErzurum Congress and theSivas Congress. Mustafa Kemal said:
It is the nation's iron fist that writes the Nation's Oath which is the main principle of our independence to the annals of history.
These decisions worried the occupyingAllies, resulting in theOccupation of Constantinople by theBritish,French andItalian troops on 16 March 1920 and the establishment of a newTurkish nationalist parliament, theGrand National Assembly of Turkey, inAnkara. This also intensified theTurkish War of Independence against the Allies.
The six decisions of theMisak-ı Millî taken by thelateOttoman Parliament were later used as the basis for the claims of the Grand National Assembly in theTreaty of Kars and of the newRepublic of Turkey in theTreaty of Lausanne.
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