![‘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.’ [‎107r] (218/260)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100000001491.0x00028f/Mss Eur F112_280_2_0218.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.’ [‎107r] (218/260)")
‘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.’ [107r] (218/260)
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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Turkey will be entirely freeil from all liability to the company,
either by the restoration of the company to possession of the
Samsun-Sivas Concession, or by the grant of the new concession, or,
lastly, by the payment of an indemnity in accordance with the
provisions set out above.
Article 3.
The amount due, after settlement of accounts, to the State or to
beneficiaries under contracts and agreements referred to in Articles 1
and 2, in respect of the use by the State, on the territory which it
now possesses, of the property or the services of the said beneficiaries
shall be paid in accordance with existing contracts or agreements or,
in default of contracts or agreements, in accordance with the pro
cedure of settlement by experts provided for by the present Protocol.
Article 4.
Subject to the provisions of Article 6, the provisions oi the
contracts and subsequent agreements referred to in Article 1 shall,
by agreement, and as regards both parties, be put into conformity
with the new economic conditions.
Article 5.
In the absence of agreement within one year from the coming into
force of the Treaty of Peace signed this day, the parties will adopt
the provisions regarding both the settlement of accounts and the
re-adaptation of concessions, which are considered suitable and
equitable by two experts, to be nominated by the parties within two
months from the expiration of the period of one year mentioned
above. In case of disagreement, these experts will refer the
question to a third expert selected within two months by the lurkish
Government from a list of three persons, nationals of countries not
having participated in the war of 1914-1918, prepared by the head
of the Swiss Federal Department of Public Works.
Article 6.
Beneficiaries under concessionary contracts referred to in Article 1,
which have not, on the date of this Protocol, begun to be put into
operation, cannot avail themselves of the provisions of this Protocol
relating to re-adaptation. These contracts may be dissolved on the
request of the concessionnaire made within six months from the
coming into force of the Treaty of Peace signed this day In such
case the concessionnaire will be entitled, if there is ground for it, to
such indemnity in respect of the survey and investigation work as
in default of agreement between the parties, shall be consideied
equitable by the experts provided for in this Protocol.
Article 7.
Agreements entered into between the 30th October, 1918 and
the 1st November, 1922, between the Ottoman Government and
beneficiaries under contracts and concessions referred to m Article i,
as well as contracts between individuals involving the transfer of a
concession entered into during this period, shall remain in force until
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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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