Özet:

According to the decision taken at the Paris Conference at the end of World War I, the city of İzmir was occupied by the Greek army on May 15, 1919. The conflict during the occupation at a moment sits on the agenda of the Ottoman and Western public. In the morning, the Greek troops who came to the righteous, passed the Hour Tower and the Sarıkışla and arrived at the entrance of the Kemeraltı, one or a few hand-wapen sounds. Then the Greek soldiers began to shoot the buildings, with the streets connected to the shelter, the government hall and the area, and many Muslims lost their lives as a result of the Greek soldiers' fire. Discussions about the source of the first shots or shots due to the events have entered official reports. For a long period, including the years of national struggle in Turkey, a historical story has not been applied to the beginning of the Liberation War against the Greek soldiers in Izmir with the "first shot", and therefore no name has been spoken until the 1940s about who has thrown the "first shot". Specifically after the 1960s, along with the name Hasan Tahsin (Osman Nevres), the concept of "first shot" has also been added to the history story. This study aims to criticize the reference of the historical narrative that suggests that Hasan Tahsin was thrown and the historical evidence presented in these works, and, on the other hand, to look at the historical flow of the discussions around Hasan Tahsin and the "first shot".