Research Article

TURKISH-GREEK DIPLOMACY ON THE EAST-WEST AXIS: LAUSANNE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND NANSEN-VENIZELOS LETTERS

Volume: 17 Number: 34 September 8, 2017
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TURKISH-GREEK DIPLOMACY ON THE EAST-WEST AXIS: LAUSANNE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS AND NANSEN-VENIZELOS LETTERS

Abstract

Lausanne Treaty signed after the First World War generates also the main platform

of Turkish-Greek relations today. Nevertheless, this consensus could be attained only after

harsh 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 to

the arrangement of peace conditions. Delineating on the reflections of Orientalist approach 

over the Lausanne negotiations, this study searches for the background and line spaces of

the discussions. The impacts of history, culture and ideology on international diplomacy are

exposed in this way.

This study attempting to view the international diplomacy from within, sets forth

the correspondence betwen Fridtjof Nansen as the High Commissioner of Refugees for the

League 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 prisoners

and refugee issues held during the Lausanne negotiations. This study is focused on the way

these problems were handled rather than their contents and unravels the characteristics

attributed to Ankara diplomacy, historical prejudices and the ways how cultural and

ideological structures were reflected on diplomacy.

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 8, 2017

Submission Date

September 1, 2016

Acceptance Date

July 26, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 17 Number: 34

Chicago
Vardağlı, Emine Tutku. 2017. “DOĞU-BATI EKSENİNDE TÜRK- YUNAN DİPLOMASİSİ: LOZAN BARIŞ GÖRÜŞMELERİ VE NANSEN –VENİZELOS MEKTUPLAŞMALARI”. Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi 17 (34): 97-132. https://izlik.org/JA35FZ53RJ.