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‘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.’ [‎62r] (128/260)

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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passage into or out of the Black Sea of any ship of the strongest
Black Sea force, any alteration in that force has taken place.
The naval force that may be sent through the Straits into the
Black Sea will be calculated on the number and type of the ships of
war in active commission only.
(b) In Time of War, Turkey being Neutral.
Complete freedom of passage by day and by night under any Hag,
without any formalities, or tax, or charge whatever, under the same
limitations as in paragraph 2 {a).
However, these limitations will not be applicable to any
belligerent Power to the prejudice of its belligerent rights in the
Black Sea.
The rights and duties of Turkey as a neutral Power cannot
authorise her to take any measures liable to interfere with navigation
through the Straits, the waters of which, and the air above which,
must remain entirely free in time of war, Turkey being neutral, just
as in time of peace.
Warships and military aircraft of belligerents will be forbidden to
make any capture, to exercise the right of visit and search, or to
carry out any other hostile act in the Straits.
As regards revictualling and carrying out repairs, war vessels will
be subject to the terms of the Thirteenth Hague Convention of 1907,
dealing with maritime neutrality.
Military aircraft will receive in the Straits similar treatment to
that accorded under the Thirteenth Hague Convention of 190/ to
warships, pending the conclusion of an international Convention
establishing the rules of neutrality for aircraft.
(c) In Time of War, Turkey being Belligerent.
Complete freedom of passage for neutral warships, without any
formalities, or tax, or charge whatever, but under the same limitations
as in paragraph 2 (a)
The measures taken by Turkey to prevent enemy ships and
aircraft from using the Straits are not to be of such a nature as to
prevent the free passage of neutral ships and aircraft, and Turkey
agrees to provide the said ships and aircraft with either the necessary
instructions or pilots for the above purpose.
Neutral military aircraft will make the passage of the Straits at
their own risk and peril, and will submit to investigation as to their
character. For this purpose aircraft are to alight on the ground or on
the sea in such areas as are specified and prepared for this purpose
by Turkey.
3.
(a.) The passage of the Straits by submarines ot Powers at peat'
with Turkey must be made on the surface.
(b.) The officer in command of a foreign naval force, whether
coming from the Mediterranean or the Black Sea, will communicate,.

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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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‘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.’ [‎62r] (128/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x000081> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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