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The Treaty of Lausanne (French: Traité de Lausanne) was a peace treaty signed in
Treaty of Lausanne
the Palais de Rumine,[1][2] Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923. It officially
settled the conflict that had originally existed between the Ottoman Empire and the Treaty of Peace with Turkey
Allied French Republic, British Empire, Kingdom of Italy, Empire of Japan, Signed at Lausanne
Kingdom of Greece, and the Kingdom of Romania since the onset of World War I.[3] Accord relatif à la restitution
The original text of the treaty is in French.[3] It was the result of a second attempt at réciproque des internés civils
peace after the failed Treaty of Sèvres, which was signed by all previous parties, et à l'échange des
except the Kingdom of Greece, but later rejected by the Turkish national movement prisonniers de guerre, signé
who fought against the previous terms and significant loss of territory. The Treaty of à Lausanne
Lausanne ended the conflict and defined the borders of the modern Turkish
Republic. In the treaty, Turkey gave up all claims to the remainder of the Ottoman
Empire and in return the Allies recognized Turkish sovereignty within its new
borders.[3]
Borders
The treaty delimited the boundaries of Greece, Bulgaria, and Turkey; formally ceded all Turkish claims on the Dodecanese Islands
(Article 15); Cyprus (Article 20);[16] Egypt and Sudan (Article 17); Syria and Iraq (Article 3); and (along with the Treaty of Ankara)
settled the boundaries of the latter two nations.[3]
The territories to the south of Syria and Iraq on the Arabian Peninsula which still remained under Turkish control when the Armistice
of Mudros was signed on 30 October 1918 were not explicitly identified in the text of the treaty. However, the definition of Turkey's
southern border in Article 3 also meant that Turkey officially ceded them. These territories included Yemen, Asir and parts of Hejaz
like the city of Medina. They were held by Turkish forces until 23 January 1919.[17][18]
Turkey officially ceded Adakale Island in River Danube to Romania with
Articles 25 and 26 of the Treaty of Lausanne; by formally recognizing the
related provisions in the Treaty of Trianon of 1920.[3][15] Due to a diplomatic
irregularity at the 1878Congress of Berlin, the island had technically remained
part of the Ottoman Empire.
Turkey also renounced its privileges in Libya which were defined by Article
10 of the Treaty of Ouchy in 1912 (per Article 22 of the Treaty of Lausanne in
1923.)[3]
See also
Aftermath of World War I
İsmet İnönü Turkish delegation after having
Minority Treaties signed the Treaty of Lausanne.
Greeks in Turkey The delegation was led byİsmet
Greek refugees İnönü (in the middle)
Muslim minority of Greece
Population exchange between Greece and T
urkey
Turks of Western Thrace
Turks of the Dodecanese
Italo-Turkish War
Treaty of Lausanne Monument and Museumin Karaağaç, Edirne, Turkey
External links
Full text of the Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
Newspaper clippings aboutTreaty of Lausanne in the 20th Century Press Archivesof the German National Library of
Economics (ZBW)
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