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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.’ [‎108r] (220/260)

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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they have received the approval of the Turkish Government. If this
approval should not be granted, compensation shall, if there is ground
for it, be paid to the concessionnaires in respect of the loss actually
suffered, the amount being fixed by experts appointed as provided in
Article 5. This provision shall not prejudice, as regards contracts
previous to the 24th October, 1914, the right of readaptation provided
for by this Protocol
Article 8.
The provisions of this Protocol do not apply to agreements
entered into since the 25th April, 1920, between the Government
of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey and concession naires.
SECTION TI.
.Article 9.
In territories detached from Turkey under the Treaty of Peace
signed this day, the State which acquires the territory is fully
subrogated as regards the rights and obligations of Turkey towards
the nationals of the other Contracting Powers, and companies in
which the capital of the nationals of the said Powers is preponderant,
who are beneficiaries under concessionary contracts entered into
before the 29th October, 1914, with the Ottoman Government or
any local Ottoman authority. The same provision will apply in
territories detached from Turkey after the Balkan Wars so far as
regards concessionary contracts entered into with the Ottoman
Government or any Ottoman local authority before the coming into
force of the Treaty providing for the transfer of the territory. This
subrogation will have effect as from the coming into force of the
treaty by which the transfer of territory was effected except as
regards territories detached by the Treaty of Peace signed this day,
in respect of which the subrogation will have effect as from the
30 th October, 1918.
Article 10.
The provisions of Section 1 of this Protocol, except Articles 7
and 8, will be applied to the contracts referred to in Article 9.
Article 3 will only have effect in detached territories where the
property or the services of the concessionnaires were utilised by the
State exercising authority in such territory.
Article 11.
Any company formed in accordance with Ottoman law and
carrying on its business in territory detached from Turkey, either
after the Balkan Wars or under the Treaty of Peace signed this day,
in which the interests of nationals of the Contracting Powers other
than Turkey are preponderant, will have, within five years from the
coming into force of the said Treaty, the right to transfer its property,
rights and interests to any other company formed in accordance with
the law, either of the State exercising authority on the territory in
question, or of one of the Contracting Powers other than Turkey
whose nationals control the first-named company. The company to

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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.’ [‎108r] (220/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492369.0x000015> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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