The Mosul Strategy Of Lord Curzon

Authors : Özgür Yildirim

Pages : 169-186

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Publication Date : 2018-01-31

Article Type : Research

Abstract :When Mosul was occupied by British forces ten days after the Mudros Armistice was signed on November 30, 1918, Turkish Forces couldnt resist this unfair occupation since the armistice was signed Mosul was still under the control of Turkish Ottoman Army.Afterwards,   Turkish army was busy with the National War of Liberation in Anatolia. Mustafa Kemal Pasha adressed that Mosul was the part of Turkish Republic according to National Pact. After winning the independence war, Turkey was determined to solve the problem for the sake of their own interest as the Great Britain was very stubborn to hold Mosul as a part of Iraq state which was tha mandate of Great Britain. From this point, Turkey and Great Britain handled the issues from the view of own interests and followed very strategic diplomacy prior to and during to Lasuanne Peace Conference. The head of the delegation of Turkey, İsmet Pasha presented some thesis about Mosul and the head of delegation of Great Britain, Lord Curzon responded İsmet Pasha’s thesis with the counter thesis. In this study, I am going to handle Lord Curzon’s thesis which come from British documents that was handled in Cabinet and the memorandum which was presented by Colonial Office, Middle East Depatment and Air Ministry who were the responsible for the defence of Iraq about Mosul question .
Keywords : Mosul, Britanya, Curzon, İsmet Pasha, Lozan Peace Conferance