Skip to item: of 260
Information about this record Back to top
Open in Universal viewer
Open in Mirador IIIF viewer

‘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.’ [‎52r] (108/260)

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. .

Transcription

This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.

Apply page layout

Article 126.
The maintenance of the graves, cemeteries, ossuaries and memorials
of Turkish soldiers, sailors and prisoners of war who may have died
on Roumanian territory since the 27th August, 1916, as well as all
other obligations under Articles 124 and 125 regarding interned
civilians, shall form the object of a special arrangement between the
Roumanian and the Turkish Governments.
Article 127.
In order to complete the general provisions included in Articles
124 and 125, the Governments of the British Empire, France and
Italy on the one hand and the Turkish and Greek Governments on
the other agree to the special provisions contained in Articles 1 28
to 136.
Article 128.
The Turkish Government undertakes to grant to the Govern
ments of the British Empire, France and Italy respectively and in
perpetuity the land within the Turkish territory in which are
situated the graves, cemeteries, ossuaries or memorials oi their
soldiers and sailors who fell in action or died of wounds, accident or
disease, as well as those of prisoners of w r ar and interned civilians
who died in captivity.
The Turkish Government will also grant to those Governments
the land which the Commissions provided for in Article 180 shall
consider necessary for the establishment of cemeteries for the
regrouping of graves, for ossuaries or memorials.
The Turkish Government undertakes further to give free access
to these graves, cemeteries, ossuaries and memorials, and if need be
to authorise the construction of the necessary roads and pathways.
The Greek Government undertakes to fulfil the sanm obligations
in so far as concerns its territory.
The above provisions shall not affect Turkish or Greek sovereignty
over the land thus granted.
Article 129.
The land to be granted by the Turkish Government will include-
in particular, as regards the British Empire, the area in the legion
known as Anzac (Ari Burnu), which is shown on Map No. 3 * The
occupation of the above-mentioned area shall be subject to the
following conditions:—
(1) This area shall not be applied to any purpose other than that
laid down in the present Treaty; consequently it shall not
be utilised for any military or commercial object nor for
any other object foreign to the purpose mentioned above;
(2) The Turkish Government shall, at all times, have the right to
cause this area, including the cemeteries, to be inspected,
(3) The number of civil custodians appointed to look after the
cemeteries shall not exceed one custodian to each cemeteiy.
There shall not be any special custodians for the parts of
the area lying outside the cemeteries;
* See combined map.
[10368]
E

About this item

Content

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.

Extent and format
1 volume (126 folios)
Arrangement

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

Physical characteristics

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.

Written in
English and French in Latin script
View the complete information for this record

Use and share this item

Share this item
Cite this item in your research

‘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.’ [‎52r] (108/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x00006d> [accessed 14 March 2025]

Link to this item
Embed this item

Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.

<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x00006d">‘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.’ [&lrm;52r] (108/260)</a>
<a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x00006d">
	<img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00028f/Mss Eur F112_280_2_0108.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" />
</a>
IIIF details

This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00028f/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images

Use and reuse
Download this image