24 July 1923
The Treaty of Lausanne
The peace conference opens at Lausanne in November 1922. İsmet Pasha leads the Turkish delegation. Talks break off in February and resume in April, and the treaty is signed on 24 July 1923. It replaces the Treaty of Sèvres, sets most of the borders of today's Türkiye and abolishes the capitulations. A separate convention signed there in January 1923 provides for an exchange of populations with Greece.
The Turkish delegation led by İsmet Pasha after signing the Treaty of Lausanne, 24 July 1923Wikimedia Commons, Unknown author, Public domain (Lausanne 2.jpg)
The status of Mosul is left to later negotiation, and Alexandretta remains part of French Syria. The Allied occupation of İstanbul ends in early October 1923, and Turkish troops enter the city on 6 October.
İsmet Pasha and the Turkish delegation at Lausanne, 1922 to 1923Wikimedia Commons, Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain (Lausanne - la délégation turque - Ismet Pacha - btv1b90539548.jpg)
İsmet Pasha at the Lausanne conferenceWikimedia Commons, Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain (La Conférence de Lausanne - Ismet Pacha (gros plan magnesium) - btv1b9053943g.jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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