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Sivas Conference (1919)
SIVAS CONFERENCE (1919)
The official communiqué issued by the Sivas Conference was the first Turkish declaration against the partitioning of lands under Ottoman sovereignty that had taken place when the Mudros Armistice was signed. The same document summoned the sultan to call for a general election and announced the creation of the Association for the Defense of the Rights of Anatolia and Rumelia, whose Representative Committee was designated to act as a provisional government in Anatolia until May 1920. ahmet kuyas |
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Kuyas, Ahmet. "Sivas Conference (1919)." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 8 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Kuyas, Ahmet. "Sivas Conference (1919)." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (February 8, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424602524.html Kuyas, Ahmet. "Sivas Conference (1919)." Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa. 2004. Retrieved February 08, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3424602524.html |
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Sivas
Sivas , city (1990 pop. 219,122), capital of Sivas prov., central Turkey, on the Kizil Irmak. An important trade and manufacturing center, it has cement, textile, and rug factories. Iron ore is mined nearby. Known as Sebaste, Sebastia, or Cabira in ancient times, it was an important city of Asia Minor under the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Seljuk Turks. Part of the Seljuk empire of Rum in the late 12th cent., Sivas fell to the Mongols and later (15th cent.) to the Ottoman Turks. In 1919, Kemal Atatürk held an important nationalist congress there. |
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"Sivas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 8 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sivas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 8, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sivas.html "Sivas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 08, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Sivas.html |
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Sivas
Sivas, Turkey Megalopolis, Sebasteia Founded c.65 bc when Pompey the Great (106–48 bc), the Roman statesman, merged several settlements into the Roman city of Megalopolis ‘Great City’ or ‘City of the Great One’, i.e. Pompey. In the first century ad it was given the name Sebasteia from the Greek sebastos ‘great’ or ‘magnificent’. On the arrival of the Turkmens at the end of the 11th century it received their version of the name, Sivas.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Sivas." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 8 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Sivas." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 8, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Sivas.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Sivas." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 08, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Sivas.html |
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