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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.’ [‎63r] (130/260)

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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without being compelled to stop, to a signal station at the entrance
to the Dardanelles or the Bosphorus, the number and the names of
vessels under his orders which are entering the Straits.
These signal stations shall be notified from time to time by-
Turkey ; until such signal stations are notified, the freedom of
passage for foreign war vessels in the Straits shall not thereby be
prejudiced, nor shall their entry into the Straits be for this reason
delayed.
(c) The right of military and non-military aircraft to fly over the
Straits, under the conditions laid down in the present rules, neces
sitates for aircraft—
(i) Freedom to fly over a strip of territory of five kilometres wide
on each side of the narrow parts of the Straits ;
(ii) liberty, in the event of a forced landing, to alight on the coast
or on the sea in the territorial waters of Turkey.
4.
Limitation of Time of Transit fen' Warships.
In no event shall warships in transit through the Straits, except
in the event of damage or peril of the sea, remain therein beyond the
time which is necessary for them to effect their passage, including
the time of anchorage during the night if necessary for safety of navi
gation.
5.
Stay in the Ports of the Straits ami of the Black Sea.
(a) Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Annex apply to the passage ot
vessels, warships and aircraft through and over the Straits and do not
affect the right of Turkey to make such regulations as she may
consider necessary regarding the number of men-of-war and military
aircraft of any one Power which may visit Turkish ports or aeio-
dromes at one time, and the duration of their stay.
(b) Littoral Powers of the Black Sea will also have a similai
right as regards their ports and aerodromes.
(c) The light-vessels which the Powers at present represented on
the European Commission of the Danube maintain as stationnaires at
the mouths of that river as far up as Galatz will be regarded as
additional to the men-of-war referred to in paragraph 2, and may >e
replaced in case of need.
6 .
Special Provisions relating to Sanitary Protection.
Warships which have on board cases of plague, cholera or typhus,
or which have had such cases on board during the last seven days,
and warships which have left an infected port within less than five
times 24 hours must pass through the Straits in quarantine and app \
by the means on board such prophylactic measures as arc nectssai\
to prevent any possibility of the Straits being infected.

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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.’ [‎63r] (130/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492368.0x000083> [accessed 25 April 2024]

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