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Adnan Harun Yahya

believed that he finally had done it. His words during a speech given at the

House of Commons on October 29, 1919, suggest so:

Practically the whole of the conquest of Turkey was the achievement of British

arms. There were 1,500,000 men put into the fight with Turkey. It was the
achievement of Great Britain, and we have got to hold it now. That is our do-
ing. We have accomplished one of the finest tasks for civilisation this country

has ever set its hand to—the emancipation of a vast country, one of the rich-
est in the world, from the blighting influence of the Turk. After civilisation has
failed for hundreds of years to accomplish it, Britain has done it. 339

The Treaty of Sévres was so destructive for the Turks, it could well have
been the dream of Lloyd George. The British deep state didn't come up with

such a destructive treaty even for Germany, which started the war in the first
place. Even though all the defeated countries had to surrender some territo-

(Top) Picture taken in Izmir,
the day after the Treaty of
Sévres was signed
(Bottom) Damat Ferid and
Sèvres delegation