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The Divan-ı Harbi Örfi were military courts established in Istanbul and various provinces of Anatolia following the defeat of the Ottoman State in World War I and its signing of the Armistice of Mudros. These courts were created under pressure from the Allied Powers during the Armistice Period (1918–1922), a phase of political reckoning in Turkish political history. Their primary purpose was to prosecute members of the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP) governments and officials who held offi