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Ottoman Empire after WWI. Treaty of Sèvres 1920. Terms of the treaty Straits managed by allied commission Eastern Anatolia (Asia Minor) split between independent Armenia and Kurdistan Greece obtains Smyrna and Thrace Italy + France get portions of SW Anatolia
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Treaty of Sèvres 1920 • Terms of the treaty • Straits managed by allied commission • Eastern Anatolia (Asia Minor) split between independent Armenia and Kurdistan • Greece obtains Smyrna and Thrace • Italy + France get portions of SW Anatolia • Arab lands divided into Fr. and Br. Mandates • Capitulations restored
Greek-Turkish War 1919-22 • Greece attempts to take more land than given in Treaty of Sèvres • Greeks lose support of Fr and Italy • Mustafa Kemal and Nationalists defeat Greeks • Pushes them off of Anatolia • Ottoman Sultan abdicates • Republic of Turkey est. Oct. 1923 • Turkey negotiates new treaty with Allies
Treaty of Lausanne 1923 • Turkey admits loss of Arab lands • Regains control of Thrace from Greece • Capitulations abolished • No payment of war reparations • Armenian state reduced and Kurdish state denied • League of Nations awards Mosul to Britain