Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
The Treaty of Lausanne is a peace treaty signed in 1923 at Lausanne, Switzerland, between Turkey and the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, Greece, Romania, and the Serb-Croat-Slovene State. It was the final treaty that brought World War I (1914–1918) to a close. The Treaty of Lausanne was based on respect for the independence and sovereignty of the states on both sides and reestablished friendly relations among them.
The treaty was signed after the Turkish War of Independence came to a successful end. The Treaty of Sèvres of 1920 (between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies in World War I) then became an invalid document, and a new agreement was negotiated between the Allies of the West and Turkey. The negotiations started on November 20, 1922, and lasted about eight months—broken by Turkish protest on February 4, 1923, and restarted on April 23 and continuing until the final agreement was reached on July 24, 1923. The Turkish delegation was headed by the foreign...
