Activities of Konya Deputies Attending the First Grand National Assembly of Türkiye

The First Grand National Assembly of Türkiye was opened on April 23, 1920, under extraordinary circumstances, and a great step was taken for democracy and the nation. The members who will participate in the Türkiye Grand National Assembly have been elected twice. This event is what makes the first Assembly, the organ of the Türk Revolution, different. 5 members from each sanjak were elected to the Constituent Assembly, which had extraordinary powers, and were sent to Ankara. In the second session of the Türkiye Grand National Assembly, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was elected as the President of the Assembly with the votes of 110 Türkiye Grand National Assembly members. Konya Mevlana Dervish Lodge Postmaster Abdülhalim Çelebi was appointed as the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly with 91 votes. While the number of members participating from Konya was 5 in the first days, the number increased to 10 after the deputies who followed the call of the representative delegation after the closure of the Parliament and joined the Türkiye Grand National Assembly in Ankara. Members of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye participating from the Parliament are: Mehmet Vehbi Efendi, Yalvaçlı Ömer Vehbi Efendi, Hacı Kurrazade Bekir Efendi, Halil Kazım Hüsnü Bey and Musa Kazım Efendi. Those who participated as a result of the election held in Konya were: Abdülhalim Çelebi Efendi, Bekir Refik Koraltan, Hacı Arif Bey, Saatçizade Mehmet Rıfat Efendi and Hulusi Bey. As members of the Türkiye Grand National Assembly representing Konya in the liberation of the homeland, they were all supporters of the National Forces. The members of the Türkiye Grand National Assembly who attended from Konya in the first Türkiye Grand National Assembly took part in important positions. Keywords: First Türkiye Grand National Assembly, Member of the Grand National Assembly of Türkiye, Konya, Election, Ankara.