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Ahmet Anzavur was a former gendarmerie officer who served during the final period of the Ottoman Empire and one of the principal figures in the rebellions launched against the National Struggle. Born in the village of İpkaye, in the Biga district of Çanakkale, in the 1860s, Anzavur is best known for the rebellions he led between 1919 and 1920 against the Kuvâ-yi Milliye in Western Anatolia. His activities, backed by the British and closely linked to pro-Imperial Government and pro-sultan circles