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Inter-War Timeline: Turkey
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Inter-War Timeline: Turkey
World War 1 Ends. -
The Invasion of Constantinople
The French were the first to invade Constantinople, then the British invaded, about three months later the Italian invaded. All three countries fought over the land. The allied groups occupied the land and helped one another. -
Turkey's Independence
Turkey was in the process of forming a nation-state following the First World War and the War of Independence (1919-1922). -
Turkey After WW1
In 1923, Turkey was declared a republic after fighting against the Allied occupation -
Treaty of Lausanne
Was a peace treaty signed in the Palais de Rumine, Lausanne, Switzerland, on 24 July 1923. In the treaty, Turkey gave up all claims to the remainder of the Ottoman Empire and in return the Allies recognized Turkish sovereignty within its new borders. -
Market Economy
Prices of the leading crops, wheat and other cereals declined more than 60 percent. Prices of the leading export crops, tobacco, raisins, hazelnuts, and cotton fell 50 percent. As a result, Turkey's foreign trade deficit reached 21 percent. -
Mass killing
The killings occurred between 1936 and 1938 in Dersim province. It was renamed Tunceli as part of the suppression of the rebellion, which also saw tens of thousands Kurds forced from their homes.
The mass killings of the restive Kurdish minority in Dersim, most of whom were civilians, have until recently remained a largely taboo subject for mainstream politics. -
Tariffs
The first initiative that the Turkish state took in reaction to the economic crisis was to adopt new customs tariffs which provided an average nominal protection rate of 46 percent. In 1930, the Turkish government passed a law on export control and in 1931 it began to apply a quota system on foreign commerce. -
Industry Production
By 1938, most of the basic industries producing consumer goods were complete. Nineteen out of the twenty-five factories, projected as part of the first five-year plan, had already been established. From 1929 to 1938, industrial production increased 80 percent. -
The End and The Beginning
The era of is peace is over and another time of war has now come about and its another World War
