aug 10, 1920 - Treaty of Sèvres

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Disarmament - 50,000 soldiers, seven sailboats and six torpedo boats. No air force.

Reparations - the economy was to be controlled by the Allies.

Land lost - the Ottoman Empire was broken up, areas such as Iraq and Palestine became British mandates, Syria became a French mandate, the Straits of the Dardanelles would be placed under international control and Armenia became an independent country.

The treaty provoked a backlash in Turkey. Turkish nationalists, led by Kemel Attaturk, rebelled against the Sultan and rejected the treaty. In 1923 a new treaty was signed at Lausanne in Switzerland. This removed foreign control over the economy. Turkey also regained land and some control over the Dardanelles.

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