During the Paris Peace Conference, the victorious powers demonstrated their lack of genuine commitment to peace by approving the Greek occupation of Izmir before the negotiations had even ended. In response to this, the rally that began in Izmir was followed by rallies in Denizli, Kastamonu, Giresun, Trabzon, Zonguldak, Sivas, Bursa, Erzurum, Izmit and, of course, the capital city of Istanbul. Residents of Istanbul, led by the Turkish Associations, took action to organize demonstrations against the occupation.
At the protest in Istanbul, Halide Edip said: "Today we have no guns or rifles, but we have a weapon greater and more powerful than that. Guns and rifles fall, but justice and God remain. We have sons and mothers who will spit in the face of the cannon, and in our hearts, we have love, faith and national se
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