Rus Kaynaklarına Göre Lozan Konferansı’nda Boğazlar Meselesi

Abstract

<p class="ql-align-justify">The Marmara Sea, Istanbul and the Straits of the Dardanelles have attracted the attention of great powers from the economic, political and military perspectives throughout history. After the war which resulted in the failure of the imperialist intervention to seize the land of the Ottoman State, the Lausanne Conference was convened to approve the legal limits of the Republic of Turkey and to establish a new Near East. The studies on the problems between the states that control the straits and the states that want to benefit from this sea route and the solutions of the problems have been discussed within the scope of the Straits Question at the conference. The Lausanne Conference concluded with a treaty which defines the lines of the new Turkish State. It has been acknowledged in the Treaty that Turkey is an independent and sovereign state, but the treatment on the Straits issue has not been made in accordance with this arrangement. In this study, one of the most important issues discussed in the Lausanne Conference- the question of the Straits was addressed, information was given about the solutions which were put forward, speeches made during the conference and bilateral talks. Political maneuvers related to the issues of the participating states have been searched for the reasons underlying these actions. The Straits question was interpreted by examining the political approaches of the main delegate of the conference, İsmet İnönü and the Government of Ankara. In the study, the document analysis method, which is one of the qualitative research methods, was used, and the resources of the period were examined. In addition to the reports of the conference, important memories, telegrams and memorials were also included. The approach of the Soviet Union, which is a party to the Straits question was examined at the Lausanne Conference by analyzing the documents, notations and letters of the Foreign Affairs Commissioner. The Lausanne Conference, which was the beginning of Turkey’s legitimacy as a state on the international scene, still has an important place in the perception and interpretation of foreign policy.&nbsp;