<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UMustafa Kemal Atatürk wasungula inhlangano kazwelonke yaseTurkey elwa nama-Allies eSamsun ngoMeyi 19, 1919, usuku ngokwesiko olubonisa ukuqala kweMpi Yenkululeko yaseTurkey. U-Atatürk, oqokwe nguhulumeni wase-Ottoman njengoMhloli we-Ninth Army Troops Inspectorate of the Empire empumalanga ye-Anatolia, wasuka eConstantinople ngomkhumbi odumile manje ongu-16 Meyi waya eSamsun. Esikhundleni sokulalela imiyalo kahulumeni wase-Ottoman, ngaleso sikhathi owawungaphansi kokulawulwa ama-Allies, yena kanye nozakwabo abaningi bamemezela ukuqala kwenhlangano yesizwe yaseTurkey. Ngenxa yalokhu, abantu baseSamsun abangamaGreki baphangwa, babulawa futhi badingiswa  <response>: amaqembu angahlelekile aseTurkey, njengoba kuphawuliwe abameleli be-American Near East Relief. Kodwa-ke la maqembu awakwazanga ukusebenza ngokukhululeka eSamsun njengoba enza esifundeni esiseduze saseMerzifon naseBafra ngenxa yokuba khona komkhumbi we-Allied. Ngenxa yokwethuka ngenxa yokuba khona kwemikhumbi yempi yaseGrisi eduze kwaseSamsun, inhlangano kazwelonke yaseTurkey yahambisa amaGrikhi asendaweni angu-21 000 yangaphakathi kwe-Anatolia. Kamuva, ekuqaleni kuka-June 1922, leli dolobha lashaywa ngamabhomu amasosha asolwandle angamaZwe ahlangene. 