POLS 157 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: History of the Modern Middle East, Turkey Selections: Turkish Straits, Turkish War Of Independence, Allied Commission
20 Feb 2020
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History of the modern middle east, turkey selections. By 1918 the allies controlled istanbul and the ottoman government. The treaty of sevres in 1920 further limited the ottoman government"s sovereignty: an allied commission would administer the turkish straits, the government"s finances were under allied control. Turkish resistance groups formed to oppose the occupation: one of the commanders mustafa kemal asserted his leadership and demanded turkish national independence. Kemal convened a body of representatives in ankara in 1920 composed of delegates from local resistant groups come out calling itself the national assembly: they agreed to form a government with kemal as the president. Justified on the grounds that the istanbul government no longer represented the. Turkish people and was controlled by occupiers: the assembly adopted a constitution containing the national pact that affirmed the right of full turkish sovereignty. In 1921 the soviet union and france recognized ankara as legitimate government of turkey.
