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Adnan Harun Yahya

Lloyd George's outlook and his plans for the fu-

ture of Turks and Turkish territory:

The Greek [Lloyd George asserted] are

the people of the culture in Eastern
Mediterranean. … A greater Greece
will be an invaluable advantage to

our British Empire. … they will pos-
sess all the most important islands in
the Eastern Mediterranean. These islands Lloyd George

are the potential submarine bases of the fu-
ture; they lie on the flank of our communications
through the Suez Canal with India, the Far East and Australia.

In December 22, 1920, Lloyd George stated the importance of friendship
of the Greek people in Asia Minor as, 'vital to Great Britain, more vital than

to any other country in the world.' 315

What Lloyd George meant was a so-called 'Greater Greece' incorporat-

ing Anatolia, one that would be safeguarding the borders of the British Em-
pire. To this end, George helped Greeks launch an offensive in East Thrace

and Izmir. The British supposed that this way, they wouldn't be risking British
soldiers as they tried to defeat Turks at their homeland, and use Greek Prime

Minister Venizelos instead, who entertained dreams of a 'Greater Greece'. By
means of the Greek offensive, George wanted to destroy the remaining ves-

tiges of Turkish resistance and facilitate the process of distributing the Turk-
ish lands amongst the Allies. He indeed put this plan into practice, and com-

pletely abandoned the Greeks after their humiliating defeat, in a volte-face
from his previous unwavering support for the Greeks.

The British Prime Minister didn't refrain from clearly displaying his racist

approach to Turks with statements like, "You cannot trust them,… and they
are a decadent race". In order to get the necessary approval from his Cabi-
316
net and the British parliament to start the occupation of Istanbul, he claimed
that Turks could be brought to reason only by using a power they could not

resist. 317