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This isn't as far-fetched as it sounds: Churchill supposedly proposed it to Lloyd-George during the Entente's occupation of the Straits Zone after the First World War.
How would Mustafa Kemal react to this? What role would a neutralized Constantinople play in the post-war development of Europe and Asia? Would this have weakened the League further in Europe, but strengthened it in the Middle East?