HIS 1510 Study Guide - Vladimir Lenin, Dotdash, Grand National Assembly Of Turkey
Document Summary
The road to independence was truly an astonishing one for the turks. On the 10th of august 1920, fifteen months after the first world war had ended, the treaty of sevres was established between the ottoman empire and the allies. Nearly three years later, the treaty was annulled and on the 24th of july 1923, the treaty of lausanne was put in place as a result of the new nationalist turkish government under mustafa kemal. Turks proved that they were still a force to be reckoned with, after their victories over the greeks, With kemal now leading, he was in position to demand a new treaty. British had no choice but to come to new terms of agreements with the turkish leader, otherwise face war with a significantly weakened british army. The possibility of a communist expansion was also not a risk worth taking.
