ABSTRACT
The Ottoman Empire, which defeated World War I, signed a cease-fire agreement with Entente States on October 30, 1918 and the country had been legally defenseless against the occupation of the Entente States. The Entente States, based on the seventh article of the Treaty, began the occupation of the strategic regions of Anatolia. The national struggle started with the Turkish people showing resistance to the occupation. The resistance movements that were regional in the first stage became planned and systematic under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in 1919. This process is a result of the spirit of national solidarity of the Turkish people. In the period of National Struggle Mustafa Kemal struggled politically from the other side while fighting on the front side from one side. Kılıç Ali Bey is one of those who supported Mustafa Kemal’s activities both locally and nationally.
Different interpretations were made about Kılıç Ali, who had been in charge of protecting Maraş for a while in the years of the National Struggle, as a member of Gaziantep Parliament and Independence Court. While the opponents of power at the time pointed Kılıc Ali as a hero, the opponents loaded him with many negativity. In this work, a Kılıç Ali portrais will be tried to be revealed from sources and memories written about the subject.
