Donald Reaver
Donor
That is a lot of new territory, what is the population makeup of the areas they have conquered? Surely they can't have transferred all the Turks out of that area, they would swamp what is left of Turkey.
That is a lot of new territory, what is the population makeup of the areas they have conquered? Surely they can't have transferred all the Turks out of that area, they would swamp what is left of Turkey.
That is a lot of new territory, what is the population makeup of the areas they have conquered? Surely they can't have transferred all the Turks out of that area, they would swamp what is left of Turkey.
3 quite substantial nitpicks:Text of the Treaty of ConstantinopleNovember 15, 1921THE BRITISH EMPIRE, GREECE, FRANCE, JAPAN, ITALY, AND SERBIA
on one side
AND TURKEY
on the other, being united to end war in the East which has been raging since 1914, agree to the following clauses
- That The Republic of Turkey renounce claim to the Vilayets of Constantinople, archipelago, Adrianople, Aidin, Hüdavendigâr, and Kastamonu.
- That the Republic of Turkey recognizes Greek sovereignty over said provinces.
- That The Republic of Turkey and the Kingdom of Greece will engage in population exchanges.
- That the United Kingdom, and any companies from the United Kingdom will be given rights to collect and sell natural resources in Turkey.
- That the United Kingdom has control of Mesoptamia
- That Turkey's army will never have conscripted more than 200,000 soldiers at one time.
There was an Ottoman census in 1914 that gives the tri-racial population per province.True, but as you will see shortly, Turkey is very adversely affected by the Treaty of Constantinople. Most Turks have been transferred out by this point, except those willing to under go "Hellenization"
September 10, 1921
He wrote to his family on Lesvos, and told them of his remarkable luck. He wondered what the next few months would hold for him and his country.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Please post any comments, critiques, questions, ideas, suggestions, etc.
When is the next one coming?
Sorry, But I don't quite understand what you are asking?
When is the next one coming?