Kemal handled the problem with his usual vigour and eloquence in a speech to the Assembly, by linking the power of the caliphate with that of the     It was by force that the sons of Osman seized the sovereignty and Sultanate of the Turkish nation  Now the Turkish nation has rebelled and has put a stop to these usurpers, and has effectively taken sovereignty and the Sultanate into its own hands.
The Turkish nation rebelled after Kemal made a speech.