HISTORY IGCSE CONTENT - 20TH CENTURY OPTION - THE TERMS OF THE OTHER PEACE TREATIES: TREATY OF SEVRES 1920

1. WHAT WERE THE TERMS OF
THE OTHER PEACE TREATIES?
THE TREATY OF
SEVRES 1920
IGCSE HISTORY

2. DEALING WITH TURKEY
Turkey had to recognise the independence of the Kingdom of Hejaz (later
part of Saudi Arabia) and Armenia.
Turkey lost territories to Greece and Italy.
The Dardanelles Strait was to become an international waterway.

4. NATIONALIST MOVEMENT
Turkey’s situation sparked off a nationalist movement led by Mustapha
Kemal Ataturk.
He strongly objected to the terms of the treaty and challenged the treaty by
force, driving the Greeks out of Smyrna.
This led to a renegotiation of the treaty.