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'Treaty of Peace with Turkey. Signed at Sévres, August 10, 1920. [With Maps.]' [‎49v] (78/112)

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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The Turkish Government undertakes to modify its legislation so as to allow
rnmnanips of Allied nationality to hold concessions or contracts m Luike} .
P (") Any company incorporated in accordance with Turkish law and operating m
territory detached from Turkey, which is now or hereafter shall be controlled by .
nationals, shall, in the same way and within the same period, have the right to transfer
its property, rights and interests to another company incorporated in accordance with the
law either of the State exercising authority in the territory in question or of one of the
Allied Powers whose nationals control it. The company to which the property, rights
and interests are transferred shall continue to enjoy the same rights and privileges as the
other company enjoyed, including those conferred on it by the present treaty. ^
(c) In Turkey companies ot Allied nationality to which the property, lights and
interests of Turkish companies shall have been transferred in virtue of paragraph (a)
of this Article, and, in territories detached from Turkey, companies of 1 urkish nationality
controlled by Allied groups or nationals and companies of nationality other than that of
the State exercising authority in the territory in question to which the property, rights
and interests of Turkish companies shall have been transferred in virtue of paragraph (6)
of this Article, shall not be subjected to legislative or other provisions or to taxes, imposts
or charges more onerous than those applied in iurkey to similar companies possessing
Turkish nationality, and in territory detached from Turkey to those possessing the
nationality of the State exercising authority therein.
(d) The companies to which the property, rights and interests of Turkish companies
are transferred in virtue of paragraphs (a) and (6) of this Article shall not be subjected
to any special tax on account of this transfer.
SECTION VII.
GENERAL PROVISION.
Article 317.
The term “ nationals of the Allied Powers,” wherever used in this Part or in Part
VIII (Financial Clauses), covers :
(1) all nationals, including companies and associations, of an Allied Power or of a
State or territory under the protectorate of an Allied Power ;
(2) the protected persons of the Allied Powers whose certificate of protection was
granted before August 1, 1914 ;
(3) Turkish financial, industrial and commercial companies controlled by Allied
groups or nationals, or in which such groups or nationals possessed the preponderant
interest on August 1, 1914 ;
(4) religious or charitable institutions and scholastic establishments in which
nationals or protected persons of the Allied Powers are interested.
The Allied Powers will communicate to the Financial Commission, within one year
from the coming into force of the present Treaty, the list of companies, institutions and
establishments in which they consider that their nationals possess a preponderant interest
or are interested.
part x.
AERIAL NAVIGATION.
Article 318.
I he aircraft of the Allied Powers shall have full liberty of passage and landing over
and m the terntory and territorial waters of Turkey, and shall enjoy the same privileges
as I urkish aircraft, particularly in case of distress by land or sea.
Article 319.
The
whatever,
aircraft of the Allied Powers shall, while in transit to any foreign country
enjoy the right of flying over the territory and territorial waters of Turkey

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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)
Arrangement

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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