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The Treaty of Seurre was clarified during the San Remo Conferance
in May 11, 1920. And it was it was given to the Ottoman Government to be approved.
The Allies attacked Anatolia and Trakya with Greek Army in June
23, 1920; in order to compel the Ottoman Government to accept the Treaty. They invaded the
Bursa, Usak and Nazilli. Their aim was to put pressure to the Ottomans in order to hinder
their objections.
In 22 July, 1920 the Council of The Ottoman Empire was assembled,
the assembly was directed by Sultan Vahiduddin. They have decided that, “ It is
acceptable to destroy a weak existance”, and ratified the treaty. Tevfik Pasha opposed
to sign the treaty which divides the Turkish Territories and destroys the Turkish
nobility. Therefore, Resat Halis Bey aand Rýza Tevfik Bey signed the Treaty of Sevres in
August 10, 1920.
According to the Sevr (Sevres) Treaty, The Ottoman Territories
were dividing in to pieces and Turkish Nation was loosing their right to live
independently.
The North-western territories were lined with the Istanbul city.
West Anatolia (Izmir province) was left to Greece. South-eastern provinces, Mardin, Urfa,
Gaziantep, the Amanos Mountain and northern side of Osmaniye were left to France. From
Bayazit, Van, Mus, Bitlis, to Erzincan will left to the independent Armenia. In Iraq and
Syria, it was decided to establish an independent Kurdistan. Beside these, the territories
left to the Turks would be separated in between the populations, as; Antalya and Konya
would be Italian, Adana, Sivas and Malatya would be French, and Northern Iraq would be
British. In Istanbul, the Sultan and the government would have been settled, but, Istanbul
would have been an international region, the Straits would be controlled by a commission
with its own financial resources, its own army and navy. Ankara and Kastamonu were left to
the Turkish population but their independence has bounded most strictly. According to the
Treaty of Sevres the minorities would be more privileged than the Turks, as they would not
pay any tax and they would not do military service. If anybody would leave the Turkish
nationality, he/she would be more privileged and never be permitted to take Turkish
citizenship again.
The military forces of the government had bounded in to 50.700
soldiers, and tanks, cannons and planes were completely prohibited. Only volunteered
soldiers were used. The navy will be established of 7 gunboats and 6 torpids. Submarines
were prohibited as well.
The articles about financial and economical issues were more
bounding than the military ones. By those articles, The Ottoman Empire turned out to be an
Ally colony. According to the treaty, a Finance Commission would be established by
English, French and Italian representatives and this commission would be administrate the
Ottoman incomes.
After the Ottoman Government signed this treaty, the Turkish
Independence Movement had accelerated and the Turkish people lost their faiths in Istanbul
and the dynasty completely.
Turkish Parliament established in Ankara, rejected the Treaty of
Sevres and in their assembly in August 19, 1920, they declared the Ottoman Dynasty and the
Ottoman Council as traitors.
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