After the Armistice of Mudros young and patriotic Ottoman officers found secret organizations in Istanbul. The aim of these organizations was to provide the revolution with loyal officers, weapons and armaments(most of which was stolen from the Allied Forces] controlled warehouses). The Armistice of Mudros was signed between the Ottoman Empire (represented by the Ottoman Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Beg) and the Allies (represented by the British Admiral Arthur Calthorpe), in the Mudros port in the island of Lemnos on 30 October 1918. ... Ottoman (in Turkish Osmanlı) may refer to: Look up Ottoman and ottoman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... In general, allies are people or groups that have joined an alliance and are working together to achieve some common purpose. ...