Word: turkeys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...life caused by the Nationalist Turks prior to the Spring of 1921. Both declined to pay. The Turks pointed out that it was unusual for the vanquished to demand an indemnity from the victor. The Greeks contended that they were invited by the Allies to administer a mandate in Turkey in accordance with the terms of the Treaty of Sevres. They had failed in their attempt to exercise that mandate, but it was for the Allies and not Greece to pay any indemnity the Turks might ask. Neither side would give way and the situation began to assume serious proportions...
...Greece acknowledges responsibility for the damage. Owing to the financial situation Turkey will not demand an indemnity...
...Turkey to receive Karagach (junction suburb of Adrianople, across the river Maritza) and the railway line from Luli Gurgas, on the Bulgarian Frontier, to Karagach. This means shifting the Turko-Greek boundary in Thrace further west...
...Bulgarians, however, were not so pleased about Karagach passing into Turkish hands; nor do they relish the growing power of Turkey (their age-old enemy) in Europe...
...confidently expected that a general peace treaty will be concluded at Lausanne. The capitulation question was also solved, it being agreed to negotiate separate treaties between Turkey and other nations, to determine the privileges of foreigners in Turkey. These treaties are to be completed within a year. In the meantime Turkey guarantees to keep the status...