Kuva-yi Inzibatiye

Kuvâ-i İnzibâtiyye
Soldiers of the Caliphate Army
ActiveApril 18, 1920 – June 25, 1920
CountryOttoman Empire
AllegianceCaliph Mehmed VI
TypeField Army
Size7,000 (at peak)[1]
Nickname(s)Caliphate Army
EngagementsTurkish War of Independence
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Süleyman Şefik Pasha
Anzavur Ahmed Bey

The Kuvâ-yi İnzibâtiye (Ottoman Turkish: قوای انضباطیه, lit.'Forces of Order'; Turkish: Hilafet Ordusu, lit.'Caliphate Army') was an army established on 18 April 1920 by the imperial government of the Ottoman Empire in order to fight against the Turkish National Movement during the Turkish War of Independence in the aftermath of World War I. It was commanded by Süleyman Şefik Pasha.

  1. ^ Jowett, Philip (20 July 2015). Armies of the Greek-Turkish War 1919–22. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 45. ISBN 9781472806864. Retrieved 17 September 2016 – via Google Books.