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'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎28r] (35/112)

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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PARI' IV.
PROTECTION OF MINORITIES.

Article 140.
Turkey undertakes that the stipulations contained in Articles 141, 145 and 147 shall
be recognised as fundamental laws, and that no civil or military law or regulation, no
Imperial Iradeh nor official action shall conflict or interfere with these stipulations, nor
shall any law, regulation, Imperial Iradeh nor official action prevail over them.
Article 141.
turkey undertakes to assure full and complete protection of life and liberty to all
inhabitants of I urkey without distinction of birth, nationality, language, race or religion.
All inhabitants of 1 urkey shall be entitled to the free exercise, whether public or
private, of any creed, religion or belief.
1 he penalties for any interference with the free exercise of the right referred to in
the preceding paragraph shall be the same whatever may be the creed concerned.
Article 142.
Whereas, in view of the terrorist regime which has existed in Turkey since
November 1, 1914, conversions to Islam could not take place under normal conditions,
no conversions since that date are recognised and all persons who were non-Moslems
before November 1, 1914, will be considered as still remaining such, unless, after
regaining their liberty, they voluntarily perform the necessary formalities for embracing
the Islamic faith.
In order to repair so far as possible the wrongs inflicted on individuals in the course
of the massacres perpetrated in Turkey during the war, the Turkish Government
undertakes to afford all the assistance in its power or in that of the Turkish authorities
in the search for and deliverance of all persons, of whatever race or religion, who have
disappeared, been carried off, interned or placed in captivity since November 1, 1914.
The Turkish Government undertakes to facilitate the operations of mixed
commissions appointed by the Council of the League of Nations to receive the complaints
of the victims themselves, their families or their relations, to make the necessary enquiries,
and to order the liberation of the persons in question.
The Turkish Government undertakes to ensure the execution of the decisions of these
commissions, and to assure the security and the liberty of the persons thus restored to the
full enjoyment of their rights.
Article 143.
Turkey undertakes to recognise such provisions as the Allied Powers may consider
opportune with respect to the reciprocal and voluntary emigration of persons belonging to
racial minorities.
Turkey renounces any right to avail herself of the provisions of Article 16 of the
Convention between Greece and Bulgaria relating to reciprocal emigration, signed at
Neuilly-sur-Seine on November 27, 1919. Within six months from the coming into
force of the present Treaty Greece and Turkey will enter into a special arrangement
relating to the reciprocal and voluntary emigration ol the populations of 1 urkish and
Greek race in the territories transferred to Greece and remaining Turkish respectively.
In case agreement cannot be reached as to such arrangement, Greece and I urkey will
be entitled to apply to the Council of the League of Nations, which will lix the terms of
such arrangement.
Article 144.
The Turkish Government recognises the injustice of the lav/ of 1915 relating to
Abandoned Properties (Emval-i-Metroukeh), and of the supplementary provisions thereof,
and declares them to be null and void, in the past as in the future.
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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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