Page 301 - Mastermind: The Truth of the British Deep State Revealed

Adnan Harun Yahya

Tewfik Pasha even once said to Lord Curzon, the British Secretary of

State for Foreign Affairs, "His Imperial Majesty [the Sultan] was deeply con-
vinced that the only hope for his country and his throne lay in a revival of the

old relations between Turkey and Great Britain, to which he was ready to
agree in any manner that might be thought best...." 152

Tewfik Pasha's peace offer was as follows:

Britain and the Ottoman Empire will sign a treaty, according to which,
Ottomans will leave the protection of the freedom of the Straits to Britain, to

be in favor of all nations. For this purpose, Britain might use her own soldiers
or Turkish security forces. Turkish government will put the Turkish gen-
darme at British disposal. Furthermore, it will transfer the management of

the required land strip for the protection of the freedom of the Straits, to
Britain.

Such an alliance will dispel for good any thoughts prevalent in India and in

other regions that Britain is hostile to the caliphate and that it wishes to
destroy Turkey. The agreement will be strong proof that the opposite is true
and will show to the whole Islamic world that Britain is the defender and ally

of the caliphate. 153

Ahmed Izzet Pasha, who formed the first government in Istanbul after

the Armistice of Mudros, couldn't provide necessary support to the Nation-
alist Forces, and despite his previous promises to Ankara government, he con-

tinued to serve in the Istanbul government. During his meeting with John
Godolphin Bennett, one of the officers of the British occupying forces in Is-

tanbul, he said that if he was convinced that Britain had friendly intentions
towards Turkey, he could make Mustafa Kemal meet with the British com-

mander in chief and would do everything in his power to find a common
ground regarding the evacuation of Anatolia by the Greeks and that he would

try to persuade Mustafa Kemal. It is clear that the occupation of Anatolia by
the Greeks was a plan of the British deep state, and its members could have

stopped it if they wished. This fact will be examined in greater detail in the
chapters regarding the Treaty of Sèvres and the Treaty of Lausanne.