Faik Kemal becomes an intelligence officer, providing
unique and interesting information about the underside of
Greece's hostile activities toward Turkey.//
Çerkes Ethem with Mustafa Kemal (Atatürk), prior to
going over to the Greek side.
According to what we have heard about gang organizations,
there is a
military wing of the Çerkes (Circassian) and nationalist
organization
under the purview of the Bursa governor named Ziyur, such that
vile
characters like Çerkes Ethem and his brothers Eşref and Çerkes İbrahim,
along with the Balıkesir Gendarmerie company commander Sami, and
Çerkes Şevket
are under this command. In fact, we have
heard that for
the first time Çerkes Şevket went to Anatolia and has been able to
conceal himself. In particular, I have heard that Çerkes
Şevket has
relatives living in our district.
Their activity center is Midilli and Sakız
and Sisam islands are
branches. The boldest of these gangsters are
Şevket, İbrahim and Eşref, who
escaped from Edremit and they are in
contact
with people on Midilli like Dr. Kalpolip of Edremit, who is the
brains
of the revolutionary committee on Midilli.
We came to know about these things as the result of the
revelations of
a Greek by the name of Horanlı İpokrad who was thrown in prison
by
the revolutionary government recently and who is famous for both
being a
Greek victory propagandist and a sworn enemy of the
revolutionary committee.
All of the refugees get good treatment from Ziyur Bey and
are put to
work to cause damage to the Turks, based on their capabilities. With
regard to prisoners who are cooperating
with the Greeks, there is a
person named Bandırmalı Ziya, who is currently a
policeman in Izmir,
and who has done all sorts of horrific things as a first
sergeant in the
civilian prisoner company, as well as Boyabatlı Mehmet Lusi,
the first
sergeant of the 4th military company, who spied on the prisoners and
is famous for his maltreatment of soldiers.
There is a despicable character named Mehmed Bey, a Georgian, who
served
as an officer in the National Independence Army at Karamürsel,
and another Georgian of bad character named Mehmed Ali, who was
the (Afyon) Karahisar governor’s
Greek translator. A scoundrel named
Ahmed Faik tried to apostatize men to change religion and Mehmed and
Mehmed Ali
put on Greek captain’s uniforms to join this filthy
organization. Bursa police director Kâzım Bey is in charge
of this
organization’s secret office in Athens, with the rank of colonel.
Headline from 'Kurun' newspaper in 1938, prior to Atatürk's
death that year, declaring the capture of Çerkes Ethem and
one of his brothers by the British in Amman, Jordan, and
lauding 'British uprightness' in Palestine. Story on the right
is about Italy's imperialist push in Eritrea and the Horn of
Africa.
We have heard that Çerkes Ethem went to Europe and that his
other
friends went to Macedonia and the Aegean islands, where they are
running
a secret organization and conducting gang activities on the
islands, as part of
implementing a destructive policy against the
Moslems in Macedonia and
Thrace. Recently, in particular, the
Moslems of West Thrace, Crete, the Aegean Islands, Yanya and
Macedonia have been subjected to atrocities as part of this destructive
policy. We have also learned with great sadness that
of the 2,000
Thracians who were transported to Milos Island as hostages, 675 of
these unfortunates were thrown into the sea.
Unfortunately, I have no information about the military wing of this
gang organization, nor have I learned anything about their weaponry.
Nevertheless, the active commanders of these
gangs are those I have
already mentioned above, from the Çerkes line. The goals of these
gangs are: to harass the
army in Asia Minor and foment a revolt, based
on their false assumptions; target the Izmir region from Sakız and
Sisam
islands with hooligans like Eşref who have Izmir connections;
and have vile
types like Şevket, İbrahim and Sami cause trouble in
Edremit, Manyas and Gönen,
where they have connections.
Klazuman (Klizman) quarantine island, Urla, Izmir.
There are also prisoners who are spies. In fact, we handed over an
Armenian who
joined our convoy to the police in Klazuman (Klizman
quarantine island, in Urla, west of Izmir). There are two individuals
who were very friendly with the prisoner supervisory group, but I am
not certain that they were bold enough to engage in
spying, so I’m
mentioning them as a precation.
I am certain that there are shortcomings in my statement and, in fact,
there may be erroneous parts. But obtaining comprehensive and
definite intelligence under the conditions of captivity is impossible.
Consequently,
I present my statement and ask for your indulgence.
In Edremit, lawyer retired from the Prison Directorship of
Kozan
(Adana) Faik Kemal (report probably written in 1923 or 1924).
//END of PART XXVII-C//
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