Some Circassian exiles , who had emigrated to the Empire after the Circassian genocide may have supported the British — notably Ahmet Anzavur , who led the Kuva-i Inzibatiye and ravaged the countryside . Others , such as Hussein Reuf Orbay , who was of Ubykh descent , remained loyal to Atatürk , and was exiled to Malta in 1920 when British forces took the city . The British were quick to accept the fact that the nationalistic movement , which had hardened during World , could not be faced without the deployment of consistent and well-trained forces . On June 25 the Kuva-i Inzibatiye was dismantled on the advice of the British , as they were becoming a liability
Circassian genocide
Circassian genocide
Occupation of Constantinople