The Treaty of Lausanne was signed in Switzerland by Turkey and the Allied powers, including Britain, France, Italy and Greece, after the Turkish War of Independence. It replaced the Treaty of Sevres of 1920, which Turkish nationalists had rejected, and it recognised the borders of the new Turkish republic, led by Mustafa Kemal. Turkey abandoned claims to the former Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire, the capitulations granting foreigners special privileges were abolished, and a regime for the Straits was set. An accompanying convention provided for a population exchange between Greece and Turkey, which uprooted well over a million people.
Before and after
- 10 May 1923Birth of Heydar Aliyev
- 27 May 1923Birth of Henry Kissinger
- 2 July 1923Birth of Wisława Szymborska
- 6 July 1923Birth of Wojciech Jaruzelski
- 24 July 1923Treaty of Lausanne
- 2 August 1923Death of Warren G. Harding
- 2 August 1923Birth of Shimon Peres
- 12 August 1923Construction of Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
- 29 August 1923Birth of Richard Attenborough
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