1 Ağustos 2019 Perşembe

TNT POW Reports: Turks in Greek Hands (1920-1923)/Part XXVII-C

//Ed. Note: In this last portion of his report, Edremit lawyer
Faik Kemal becomes an intelligence officer, providing
unique and interesting information about the underside of
Greece's hostile activities toward Turkey.//

çerkes ethem kardeşleri ile ilgili görsel sonucu

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.   

klizman urla karantina ile ilgili görsel sonucu
      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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