Amasya Protocol, signed on 22 October 1919 in the same city just after Sivas Congress between Mustafa Kemal Pasha, Rauf Orbay and Bekir Sami Bey on the one side, in their title of Delegation of Representatives (Heyeti Temsiliye) as attributed by the Sivas Congress, and the Ottoman Minister of Marine (later grand vizier himself) Hulusi Salih Pasha who had come to Amasya to represent the short-lived Ottoman government of Ali Rıza Pasha on the other side. Amasya Protocol was a memorandum of understanding between the Ottoman government in İstanbul and the Turkish revolutionaries aimed at seeking ways to preserve national independence and unity through joint efforts. It also signified a recognition by the Ottoman government of the rising Turkish revolutionary forces in Anatolia.
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