![‘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.’ [‎53r] (110/260)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00028f/Mss Eur F112_280_2_0110.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "‘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.’ [‎53r] (110/260)")
‘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.’ [53r] (110/260)
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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[10868] B 2
(4) No dwelling houses may be erected in the area, either inside
or outside the cemeteries, except such as are strictly
necessary for the custodians;
(5) On the sea shore of the area no quay, jetty or wharfs may be
built to facilitate the landing or embarkation of persons
or goods;
(6) Such formalities as may be required may only be fulfilled on
the coast inside the Straits and access to the area by the
coast on the vEgean Sea shall only be permitted after
these formalities have been fulfilled. The Turkish Govern
ment agrees that these formalities, which shall be as
simple as possible, shall not be, without prejudice to the
other stipulations of this Article, more onerous than those
imposed on other foreigners entering Turkey, and that
they should be fulfilled under conditions tending to avoid
all unnecessary delay;
(7) Persons who desire to visit the area must not be armed, and
the Turkish Government have the right to see to the
enforcement of this strict prohibition;
(8) The Turkish Government must be informed at least a week
in advance of the arrival of any party of visitors exceeding
150 persons.
Article 130.
Each of the British, French and Italian Governments shall
appoint a commission, on which the Turkish and Greek Governments
will appoint a representative, to which will be entrusted the duty of
regulating on the spot questions affecting the graves, cemeteries
ossuaries and memorials. The duties of these commissions sha
extend particularly to :—
(1) the official recognition of the zones where burials have or may
have already taken place and the registration of cemeteries,
ossuaries, or memorials already existing;
(2) fixing the conditions in which, if necessary, graves may in
future be concentrated, and deciding, in conjunction with
the Turkish representative in Turkish territory and the
Greek representative in Greek territory, the sites of the
cemeteries, ossuaries and memorials still to be established,
and defining the boundaries ot these sites in such a way as
shall restrict the land to be occupied within the limits
indispensable for the purpose;
(3) communicating to the Turkish and Greek Governments in
the name of the respective Governments a final plan ot
their graves, cemeteries, ossuaries and memorials, whether
already established or to be established.
Article 131.
The Government in whose favour the grant is made undertakes
not to employ the land nor to allow it to be employed for any purpose
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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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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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