Relations With Mustafa Kemal
A great deal of thought-provoking pieces has been written about the relations between the two men who played a pivotal role in the Turkish history of XX century. Enver, as many suggest, disliked Kemal due to his circumspect attitude as to the political agenda pursued by the CUP, and considered him as a serious rival. Kemal thought of Enver as a dangerous leader with the potential of leading the country to the ultimate tragedy. When Kemal organised the resistance movement against the invading forces after the Armistice of 1918, Enver,who was in exile initially in Germany and then in Russia, was eager to return to Turkey, but all of his attempts to join the liberation of the Ottoman heartland was stubbornly blocked by the Ankara government.
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