Ankara Government

Government of the Grand National Assembly
Büyük Millet Meclisi Hükûmeti
1920–1923
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Motto Ya istiklâl ya ölüm! "Liberty or death!"
Situation in Turkey following the Treaty of Sèvres.
Capital		Constantinople (de jure) Ankara (de facto)
Languages		Turkish
Government		Provisional government
Speaker
•	1920–1923	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Prime Minister
•	1920–1921	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
•	1921–1922	Fevzi Çakmak
•	1922–1923	Rauf Orbay
•	1923	Ali Fethi Okyar
Legislature		Grand National Assembly
Historical era		War of Independence
•	Proclamation	23 April 1920
•	Constitution adopted	20 January 1921
•	Armistice signed	11 October 1922
•	Sultanate abolished	1 November 1922
•	Treaty of Lausanne	24 July 1923
•	Republic proclaimed	29 October 1923
Population
•	est.	6-7 million
Currency		Ottoman lira
Preceded by Succeeded by Ottoman Empire Turkey
Today part of		Turkey
^a As "Speaker of the Grand National Assembly" ^b As "Commander-in-chief of Army of the Grand National Assembly" after 1921.

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The Government of the Grand National Assembly (Turkish: Büyük Millet Meclisi Hükûmeti), commonly known as the Ankara Government (Turkish: Ankara Hükûmeti), was the name given to the provisional and revolutionary Turkish government based in Ankara during the Turkish War of Independence (1919–1923) and during the final years of the Ottoman Empire. It was led by the Turkish National Movement, as opposed to the crumbling Constantinople Government, which was led by the Ottoman Sultan.

During the War of Independence, the Government of the Grand National Assembly commanded the army known as Kuva-yi Milliye ("National Forces"). After the war and victory over the monarchist Constantinople Government, the republican Ankara Government declared the end of the Ottoman Empire and the creation of the Republic of Turkey from its ashes in 1923. The Grand National Assembly is today the parliamentary body of Turkey.