Abstract:

After the Mondros Battle, the first work the British did was to arrest the commander who had fought against them in the first World War, in the head of the Turkish armies. Shortly after, they officially occupied Istanbul, which was under their control, and well settled, and pushed the Parliament Mebusan, which was just starting to work. Bilahare also began to remove politicians and state men who were both opposed to occupations and the people were able to organize against occupations, as well as those who resisted through press broadcasts, from Turkey to prevent them from participating in the National Liberation Movement which began in Anadolu. It was the island of Malta, which is the British colony. The first expulsion cabin was sent on 28 May 1919. A total of 145 persons were imprisoned in Malta. 64 of the Maltese deportations, known as the Maltese Army (friends), were released by the protocol signed after the London talks. When others were asked to be arrested as war criminals, 16 were fleeing the island, while the rest could only be released by the Turkish-English Prison Exchange Agreement dated October 23, 1921, following the Sakarya War. After the establishment of the Azerbaidjan Soviet Government (27-28 April 1920) the first important move he made in the framework of assistance and support to the National Fighting Movement in Anadolu was the attempt to rescue Turkish prisoners in Malta. In this sense, the Azerbaidjan Soviet government had transmitted to the British the condition of the release of Turkish civilians and soldiers detained in Istanbul by the British in return for the release of the British and French citizens they had previously detained and detained in Malta. The Soviet Russian government also wanted the release of Turkish prisoners in Malta to increase its influence in Ankara, where it was in diplomatic relations, and officially this to the Soviet government of Azerbaijan. With the approval of Russia, the Azerbaidjan Soviet government began negotiations with the British on Turkish prisoners in Malta. In this study, the initiatives and discussions initiated by the British on the Turkish prisoners in Malta by the Azerbaidjan Soviet Government will be discussed and studied in the light of sources such as archive documents, book, thesis, articles, and declarations.