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Polity that includes all territories militarly occupied by France and Great Britain that are not part of a specific military territory.
Establishment
November 1918: A French brigade entered Constantinople on 12 November 1918. On 8 February 1919, French general Franchet d'Espèrey - commander-in-chief of allied occupation forces in the Ottoman Empire - arrived in Constantinople to coordinate the occupation government.
November 1918: British troops led by general Cobbe marched unopposed into the city of Mosul on the 14 November 1918.
Chronology
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Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.
1.1.World War I Middle East Theatre
Was the theatre of war in the Middle East during World War I.
1.1.1.Mesopotamian campaign
Was a military operation by the British Empire to conquer Ottoman-held Mesopotamia.
1.2.Aftermath of World War I
Were a series of treaties and military events that can be considered a direct consequence of World War I.
July 1920: The Arab Kingdom of Syria surrendered to French forces.
September 1920: In 1920, the Alawite State was established in the region of present-day Syria. The Alawites, a religious minority group, gained autonomy under French colonial rule.
1.2.1.Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)
Was a war between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I.
1.2.1.1.Greek Expansion in the aftermath of WWI
Was the Greek occupation of Turkish territories in the aftermath of World War I.
May 1919: The Greeks brought their forces into Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople and its region).
1.2.1.2.Greek Offensive (Greco-Turkish War)
Was a Greek offensive in Turkey during the Greco-Turkish War.
August 1920: Gemlik and Mudanya were captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
August 1920: Karamürsel was captured by a joint British and Greek offensive.
September 1920: Gains from Greek Offensive by August 1920.
1.2.2.Treaty of Lausanne (1923)
The treaty ended the Greco-Turkish conflict and redrew the borders established by the Treaty of Sèvres.
July 1923: The Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923) marked the end of the Turkish War of Independence. The treaty recognized the sovereignty of Turkey over its territory, including the zone of the straits.
Was a war between the independent Arab Kingdom of Syria that was proclaimed in Damascus on March 8, 1920 and the French authorities.
March 1920: An independent Arab Kingdom of Syria was proclaimed in Damascus, in an apparent dispute with the French over the nature of its rule.
Was a series of military campaigns waged by the Turkish National Movement after parts of the Ottoman Empire were occupied and partitioned following its defeat in World War I. The war led to the establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
September 1922: Turkish troops re-assume control of the city of Çanakkale and its depending towns after almost four years, and following several days of tension of international scale, known as Chanak Crisis.
3.1.Franco-Turkish War
Was a war between France and the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I. France started a military campaign in the southern territories of the Ottoman Empire because in the secret Sykes-Picot Agreement with the United Kingdom it had agreed to take control of the region.
3.1.1.French Occupation of strategic places in Turkey after WWI
Were a series of French military actions to occupy territories in the southern part of the Ottoman Empire.
November 1919: The Arab Kingdom of Syria was a self-proclaimed, unrecognized state that began as a "fully and absolutely independent... Arab constitutional government" announced on 5 October 1918 with the permission of the British military, gained de facto independence as an "Emirate" after the withdrawal of the British forces from OETA East on 26 November 1919.
April 1920: The Mandate of Palestine was a geopolitical entity established between 1920-1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate for Palestine.
April 1920: The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1923−1946) was a League of Nations mandate founded in the aftermath of the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, concerning Syria and Lebanon.
August 1920: The territory of Mosul was transferred to Mandatory Iraq in 1920, following the Treaty of Sèvres.
April 1921: British protectorate in the Emirate of Transjordan (officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan) established on 11 April 1921.
April 1921: Border change when the British protectorate in the Emirate of Transjordan (officially the Amirate of Trans-Jordan) was established on 11 April 1921.
Disestablishment
July 1923: The Treaty of Lausanne (24 July 1923) marked the end of the Turkish War of Independence. The treaty recognized the sovereignty of Turkey over its territory, including the zone of the straits.
Selected Sources
Ahmet N.O. (1986): Kula, Katakekaumene (Yanık yöre): 2000 yıl önce Strabon'un adını koyduğu yöre, Öğrenci Basimevi, pp. 137-138.
Sayhan, M. (2006): Milli Mücadele'de Çivril, (1919-1922), Kitsan, pp. 15-18
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