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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎29r] (62/260)

The record is made up of 1 volume (126 folios). It was created in 1923-1924. It was written in English and French. 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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On the other hand, Turkey, in consideration of the financial
jaitnation of Greece resulting from the prolongation of the uai and
from its consequences, finally renounces all claims for reparation
against the Greek Government.
Article 60.
The States in favour of which territory was or is detached from
the Ottoman Empire after the Balkan wars or by the present 1 reaty
shall acquire, without payment, all the property and possessions of
the Ottoman Empire situated therein. r u- u
It is understood that the property and possessions of which the
transfer from the Civil List to the State was laid down by the
Irades of the 26th August, 1324 (8th September, 1908) and he
•20th April, 1325 (2nd May, 1909) an ,\ als0
80th October, 1918, were administered by the Cml List toi tne
benefit of a public service, are included among the property and
possessions referred to in the preceding paragraph, the aforesaid
States being subrogated to the Ottoman Empire in regard to the
property ^ possesions in question. The Wakfs created on such
,10 The' dispute ihich has arisen between the Greek and Turkish
Governments relating to property and possessions which have passed
from the Civil List to the State and are situated in territories of the
former Ottoman Empire transferred to Greece either after the
Balkan wars, or subsequently, shall be referred to an arbitral
tribunal at The Hague, in accordance with the special protocol No ^
annexed to the Treaty of Athens of the lst-14th November* L 18.
The terms of reference shall be settled between the two Govern-
me The provisions of this Article will not modify the juridical
nature of the property and possessions registered in the name of the
•Civil List or administered by it, which are not referred to in the
second and third paragraphs above.
Article 61.
The recipients of Turkish civil and military pensions who
acquire under the present Treaty the nationality of a State other
than Turkey, shall have no claim against the Turkish Government
in respect of their pensions.
Article 62.
Turkey recognises the transfer of any claims to payment or
repayment which Germany, Austria, Bulgaria or Hungary may
have against her, in accordance with Article 261 of th e Treaty of
Peace concluded at Versailles on the 28th June, 1919 with
Germany, and the corresponding articles of the Treaties of Peace
of the 10th September, 1919. with Austria: of the 27th November,
1919, with Bulgaria; and of the 4th June, 1920, with Hungary.
The other Contracting Powers agree to release Turkey from the
debts for which she is liable on this account.

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A printed copy of the Treaty of Peace with Turkey, commonly referred to as the Treaty of Lausanne. The treaty was signed on 24 July 1923 and formally ended the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and other nations (including Great Britain) that had begun at the onset of the First World War. The volume was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, 1923 (Treaty Series No. 16 (1923). Cmd. 1929). The treaty is printed in the French original and English translation.

The treaty is divided into seventeen sections (numbered I-XVII): I. Treaty of Peace; II. Straits Convention; III. Convention respecting the Thracian frontier; IV. Convention respecting conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction; V. Commercial Convention; VI. Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations, signed at Lausanne January 30, 1923; VII. Agreement between Greece and Turkey respecting the reciprocal restitution of interned civilians and the exchange of prisoners of war, signed at Lausanne 23 January 1923; VIII. Declaration relating to the Amnesty; IX. Declaration relating to Muslim properties in Greece; X. Declaration relating to sanitary matters in Turkey; XI. Declaration relating to the administration of justice in Turkey; XII. Protocol relating to certain concessions granted in the Ottoman Empire; XIII. Protocol relating to the accession of Belgium and Portugal to certain provisions and instruments signed at Lausanne; XIV. Protocol relating to the evacuation of the Turkish territory occupied by the British, French and Italian forces; XV. Protocol relating to the Karagatch [Karaağaç] territory and the Islands of Imbros [Gökçeada] and Tenedos [Bozcaada]; XVI. Protocol relating to the Treaty concluded at Sèvres between the principal Allied Powers and Greece on August 10, 1920, concerning the protection of minorities in Greece, and the Treaty concluded on the same day between the same Powers relating to Thrace; XVII. Protocol relating to signature by the Serb-Croat-Slovene State.

The volume also includes copies of correspondence relating to the treaty, including letters exchanged between the High Commissioner to Constantinople, Sir Horace George Montagu Rumbold, who signed the Treaty of Lausanne on behalf of the British Government, and the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ismet Pasha An Ottoman title used after the names of certain provincial governors, high-ranking officials and military commanders. [Mustafa İsmet İnönü]. A map of those parts of southeastern Europe affected by the treaty is also enclosed in the volume (f 126).

The volume is accompanied by a loose folio (f 128), entitled ‘NOTE ON THE TREATY OF PEACE (TURKEY) BILL, 1924.’, originally presented by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Parliament. The note was printed and published by HM Stationery Office, London, in 1924.

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1 volume (126 folios)
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The volume’s contents are listed at the front of the volume (ff 2-3), and refer to the volume’s original pagination system.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 128, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, 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.

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‘TREATY OF PEACE WITH TURKEY, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS Signed at Lausanne on July 24, 1923, together with Agreements between Greece and Turkey signed on January 30, 1923, and Subsidiary Documents forming part of THE TURKISH PEACE SETTLEMENT.’ [‎29r] (62/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x00003f> [accessed 13 June 2026]

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