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'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎36r] (51/112)

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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Article 215.
The Turkish Government undertakes :
(1) to give every facility to Commissions entrusted by the Allied Powers with the
search for the missing or the identification of Allied nationals who have expressed their
desire to remain in Turkish territory ; to furnish such Commissions with all necessary
means of transport; to allow them access to camps, prisons, hospitals and all other places;
and to place at their disposal all documents whether public or private which would
facilitate their enquiries ; . •
(2) to impose penalties upon any Turkish officials or private persons who have
concealed the presence of any nationals of any of the Allied Powers, or who have
neglected to reveal the presence of any such after it had come to their knowledge ;
(3) to facilitate the establishing of criminal acts punishable by the penalties referred
to in Part V11 (Penalties) of the present Treaty and committed by Turks against the
persons of prisoners of war or Allied nationals during the war. '
Article 216.
The Turkish Government undertakes to restore without delay from the date of the
coming into force of the present Treaty all articles, equipment, arms, money, securities,
documents and personal effects of every description which have belonged to officers,
soldiers or sailors or other nationals of the Allied Powers and w r hich have been retained
by the Turkish authorities.
Article 217.
The High Contracting parties waive reciprocally all repayment of sums due for the
maintenance of prisoners of war in their respective territories.
SECTION II.
GRAVES.
Article 218.
The Turkish Government shall transfer to the British, French and Italian Govern
ments respectively full and exclusive rights of ownership over the land within the
boundaries of Turkey as fixed by the present Treaty in which are situated the graves
of their soldiers and sailors who fell in action or died from wounds, accident or disease, as
well as over the land required for laying out cemeteries or erecting memorialsi to these
soldiers and sailors, or providing means of access to such cemeteries or memorials.
The Greek Government undertakes to fulfil the same obligation so far as concerns the
portion of the zone of the Straits and the islands placed under its sovereignty.
Article 219.
Within six months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the British,
French and Italian Governments will respectively notify to the Turkish Government and
the Greek Government the land of which the ownership is to be transferred to them in
accordance with Article 218. The British, French and Italian Governments will each
have the right to appoint a Commission, which shall he exclusively entitled to examine
the areas where burials have or may have taken place, and to make suggestions with
regard to the re-grouping of graves and the sites where cemeteries are eventually to be
established. The Turkish Government and the Greek Government may be represented
on these Commissions, and shall give them all assistance in carrying out their mission.
The said land will include in particular the land in the Gallipoli Peninsula shown
on map No. 3 ; the limits of this land will be notified to the Greek Government as
provided in the preceding paragraph. The Government in whose favour the transfer is
made undertakes not to employ the land, nor to allow it to be employed, for any purpose
other than that to which it is dedicated. The shore may not be employed for any
military, marine or commercial purpose.
Article 220.
Any necessary legislative or administrative measures for the transfer to the British,
French and Italian Governments respectively of full and exclusive rights of ownership
over the land notified in accordance with Article 219 shall be taken by the Turkish
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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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