Journals / Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2017 / Cilt: 17 - Sayı: 34
TURKISH-GREEK DIPLOMACY ON THE EAST-WEST AXIS: LAUSANNE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND NANSEN-VENIZELOS LETTERS
- Pages
- 97–132
- DOI
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Abstract
Lausanne Treaty signed after the First World War generates also the main platformof Turkish-Greek relations today. Nevertheless, this consensus could be attained only afterharsh negotiations. In this process, Turkey and Greece were separated through the East-West axis as well. Therefore, a civilizational conflict was staged in Lausanne, in addition tothe arrangement of peace conditions. Delineating on the reflections of Orientalist approach over the Lausanne negotiations, this study searches for the background and line spaces ofthe discussions. The impacts of history, culture and ideology on international diplomacy areexposed in this way.This study attempting to view the international diplomacy from within, sets forththe correspondence betwen Fridtjof Nansen as the High Commissioner of Refugees for theLeague of Nations and Eleftherios Venizelos as the Head of Greek Delegation in Lausanne.These letters found in the League of Nations archives particularly mention the war prisonersand refugee issues held during the Lausanne negotiations. This study is focused on the waythese problems were handled rather than their contents and unravels the characteristicsattributed to Ankara diplomacy, historical prejudices and the ways how cultural andideological structures were reflected on diplomacy.
Özet
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