'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [18v] (16/112)
The record is made up of 1 file (51 folios). It was created in 1920. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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14
PART II.
FRONTIERS OF TURKEY.
Article 27.
I. In Europe, the frontiers of Turkey will be laid down as follows (see annexed
map No. 1) :
(1) The Black Sea:
from the entrance of the Bosphorus to the point described below.
(2) With Greece:
From a point to be chosen on the Black Sea near the mouth of the Biyuk Dere,
situated about 7 kilometres northwest of Podima, southwestwards to the most
northwesterly point of the limit of the basin of the Istranja Dere (about 8 kilometres
northwest of Istranja),
a line to be fixed on the ground passing through Kapilja Dagh and Uchbunar
Tepe ;
thence southsoutheastwards to a point to be chosen on the railway from Chorlu
to Chatalja about 1 kilometre west of the railway station of Sinekli,
a line following as far as possible the western limit of the basin of the Istranja
Dere ;
thence southeast wards to a point to be chosen between Fener and Kurfali on the
watershed between the basins of those rivers which flow into Biyuk Chekmeje Geul,
on the northeast, and the basin of those rivers which flow direct into the Sea of
Marmora on the southwest,
a line to be fixed on the ground passing south of Sinekli ;
thence southeastwards to a point to be chosen on the Sea of Marmora about
1 kilometre southwest of Kalikratia,
a line following as far as possible this # watershed.
(3) The Sea of Marmora :
from the point defined above to the entrance of the Bosph
II. In Asia, the frontiers of Turkey will be laid down as
No. 2) :
orus.
follows (see annexed map
(1) On the West and South:
From the entrance of the Bosphorus into the Sea of Marmora to a point described
below, situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea in the neighbourhood of the Gulf
of Alexandretta near Karatash Burun,
the Sea of Marmora, the Dardanelles, and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea ; the
islands of the Sea of Marmora, and those which are situated within a distance of
3 miles from the coast, remaining Turkish, subject to the provisions of Section IV
and Articles 84 and 122, Part III (Political Clauses).
(2) With Syria:
From a point to be chosen on the eastern bank of the outlet of the Hassan Dede
about 3 kilometres northwest of Karatash Burun, northeastwards to a point to be 5
chosen on the Djaihun Irmak about 1 kilometre north of Babeli,
a line to be fixed on the ground passing north of Karatash ;
thence to Kesik Kale,
the course of the Djaihun Irmak upstream ;
thence northeastwards to _ a point to be chosen on the Djaihun Irmak about
lo kilometres eastsoutheast of Karsbazar,
a line to be fixed on the ground passing north of Kara Tepe ;
thence to the bend in the Djaihun Irmak situated west of Duldul DaMi
the course of the Djaihun Trmak upstream ;
thence in a genera] southeasterly direction to a point to be chosen on Emir Musi
Dagh about 15 kilometres south-south-west of Giaour Geul,
a line to be fixed on the ground at a distance of about 18 kilometres from the railway
and leaving Duldul Dagh to Syria ;
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A treaty of peace signed by the members of the League of Nations and Turkey.
The treaty is divided into a preamble followed by 13 parts. Part 1 constitutes the Covenant of the League of Nations; further parts are entitled:
- 'Frontiers of Turkey'.
- 'Political Clauses'.
- 'Protection of Minorities'.
- 'Military, Naval and Air Clauses'.
- 'Prisoners of War and Graves'.
- 'Penalties', 'Financial Clauses'.
- 'Economic Clauses'.
- 'Aerial Navigation'.
- 'Ports, Waterways and Railways'.
- 'Labour'.
- 'Miscellaneous Provisions'.
3 maps are located at the back (f 62), and the whole is contained within the original front and back covers (f 11 and f 63).
Published under the title Treaty Series No 11 (1920), Cmd. 964 .
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- 1 file (51 folios)
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This file consists of a single treaty divided into a summary.
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Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at folio 11 and terminates at folio 63, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 11-62; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are circled and crossed through.
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- 'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]'
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- 11r:62v, 62Ar:62Av, 62Br:62Bv, 62Cr:62Cv, 63r:63v
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