10 August 1920
The Treaty of Sèvres
The İstanbul government signs the Treaty of Sèvres on 10 August 1920. The treaty gives Eastern Thrace to Greece and places the İzmir region under Greek administration, with a plebiscite to follow after five years. It recognises Armenia and leaves the Armenian border in the east to arbitration by the American president, Woodrow Wilson. The Straits come under an international commission, and France and Italy receive zones of influence in Anatolia.
Eleftherios Venizelos signing the Treaty of Sèvres, August 1920Wikimedia Commons, Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain (Venizelos signing the Treaty of Sevres.jpeg)
The Assembly in Ankara rejects the treaty, declares its signatories traitors and strips them of their citizenship. The treaty is never ratified.
The room in the porcelain works at Sèvres where the treaty was signed, 1920Wikimedia Commons, Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire), Public domain (Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres - intérieur de la salle où sera signée la paix avec la Turquie - btv1b9033986p.jpg)
The partition laid down by the Treaty of Sèvres, 10 August 1920Wikimedia Commons, Sura Shukurlu, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Sevr müqaviləsi 1920.jpg)
Sources
- Andrew Mango, Atatürk (1999).
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