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AI InsightDuring their journey new participants joined the delegation from Rome and Paris.
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Abstract
The purpose this study was to describe the journey of Ankara Delegation, who participated in London Conference during the Turkish National Struggle. Turkish Grand National Assembly selected Antalya as a departure point. Details of the journey were obtained mainly from Anatolia in Antalya Newspaper published in Antalya, and also supported by national newspapers and reminiscences. The members of the delegation departed from Ankara on February 6, 1921. They first went to Afyon through Eskişehir by train then arrived to Antalya on Friday, February 11 via Burdur with phaeton, because they couldn’t find an automobile. One day later the head of delegation Mr. Bekir Sami (Kunduh), who travelled with an automobile joined them in Antalya. The delegation first went to Rhodes with a torpedo boat named Konter belonging to Italy, thereafter they reached to Brindisi on February 16 with a destroyer named Audacieux then arrived to Rome. The delegation stayed in Rome for a few days during which they met with Sforza, the Foreign Minister of Italy. In the mean time, they received an official invitation from London for the conference, upon which they came to London on February 22, 1921 through Milano and Paris. During their journey new participants joined the delegation from Rome and Paris.
Özet
Bu çalışmada Milli Mücadele döneminde Londra Konferansı’na katılan Ankara