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Adnan Harun Yahya

Winston Churchill, the then Secretary of State for the Colonies, said on

September 12, 1922, 'If Britain and Ankara are forced to fight, it seems in-
evitable that Kemalist forces will march to Mosul. In such an event, even if the

British loses these lands at war, it has to take it back not by military means,
but in the Peace Conference.' 364

Given that Churchill operated under the auspices of the British deep state
for his entire political career, his words clearly demonstrate the British deep

state's approach to the issue. Unsurprisingly, his instructions were followed
precisely.

The Talks Begin

The new Turkish state had won the battle for its independence and was
thus recognized by the Western states - except for one: Britain.

This attitude of the British continued throughout the Lausanne negoti-

ations. London's administration was determined not to treat Turkey as an

equal or a sovereign state, and because of this attitude the negotiations risked
suspension on more than one occasion, and even came to a halt in February
1923. 365

Unsurprisingly, the sessions on Mosul witnessed some of the most heat-
ed and tense exchanges.

British Prime Minister Bonar Law and the Secretary of State for the

Colonies instructed Lord Curzon -who was the representative of Britain at
Lausanne- that the negotiations should continue without suspension and the

Turkish side should be persuaded. At the time, the Secretary of State for the
Colonies wrongly believed that the Turkish government would waive its

claims on Mosul in exchange for 20% of the oil revenues. 366

İsmet İnönü and his aide Rıza Nur, who represented the Turkish side,

maintained that Mosul was a Turkish vilayet and that all the Kurds living there
were Turkish citizens. The delegation of the Turkish Parliament explained in

detail the Turkish case with political, historical, ethnographical, geographi-
cal, economic and military evidence.

İsmet Pasha clarified his point with the following words: