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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.’ [‎109r] (222/260)

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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which the property, rights and interests shall have been transferred
will be entitled to the same rights and privileges as those to which
the first-named company was entitled, including those conferred upon
it by the provisions of this Protocol.
Article 12.
The provisions of Article 11 do not apply to companies holding
concessions for public utility services, part of the exploitation ot
which remains in Turkish territory.
Nevertheless such companies will be entitled to the benefit of the
provisions of Articles 11 and 13 as regards those parts of their
undertaking which are exploited outside turkey, and to transfer such
parts to a new company.
Article 13.
Companies to which, in accordance with Article 11, property,
rights and interests of Ottoman companies shall have been trans
ferred will not be subjected in territories detached from Turkey to
any special tax on account of such transfer or on account of their
formation with a view to this transfer, except in so far as this pro
vision mav be inconsistent with international conventions in force.
The same provision shall apply in the territory of the contracting
Power, the nationality of which is taken by such companies, unless
this Power raises objection to such exemption on account of its own
legislation.
Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923.
Horace Rumbold.
Pelle.
Garroni.
G. C. Montagna.
E. K. Veniselos.
D. Caclamanos.
Const. Diamandy.
Const. Contzesco.
M. ISMET.
Dr. Riza Nour.
Hassan.
(Translation.)
Declaration.
The Undersigned, duly authorised, declare that the 1 urkish
Government undertakes to apply the provisions of Section I ot the
Protocol of to-day’s date with respect to certain concessions granted
in the Ottoman Empire, to Ottoman companies in which on the
1st August, 1914, the capital of nationals of the other lowers paity
to that Protocol was preponderant.
Done at Lausanne, the 24th July, 1923.
M. Ismet.
Dr. Riza Nour.
Hassan.

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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.’ [‎109r] (222/260), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, Mss Eur F112/280/2, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100066492369.0x000017> [accessed 19 April 2024]

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