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Adnan Harun Yahya

rule marked the first step towards building the artificial Kurdish issue, which

would continue for another hundred years. The British deep state was con-
vinced that Gladstone's dream of 'driving Turks back to steppes of Central

Asia' could be realized that way. Even destroying a whole people seemed triv-
ial if it meant goals were achieved.

Turkey Backs Down on Mosul

Up to that point, the Turkish delegation was determined to take Mosul

back, but with the new development, it was forced to adopt a new strategy
because the British deep state wasn't hesitant about carrying out horrible

massacres, and they were slaughtering in plain sight our people in Mosul,
Kirkuk and Sulaymaniyah. The only way out seemed reconciliation.

Another important reason why Turkey didn't risk war at Mosul and set-

tled on reconciliation with the terms proposed by the British was the fact that
Ankara had no air forces to fight the British air forces stationed in Iraq. Af-

ter the war, Britain deployed its entire air force to Iraq. This also clearly
demonstrated that Mosul was not a negotiable topic for Britain. However, it

must be kept in mind that the Turkish side had just emerged from a ten-year
of period of constant wars that included the Balkan Wars, WWI and the In-

dependence War. Turkey, during those years, was a tired, battered and im-
poverished country struggling to remain strong amidst the ruins of the Ot-

toman Empire. Not only did it have no air force to defend itself, it had very
limited military capabilities.

Furthermore, it should be kept in mind that, during the Lausanne talks,
Istanbul was still under occupation. Under the circumstances, the Turkish side
was clearly at a disadvantage with limited flexibility. All these factors forced

the Turkish side to agree to a compromise on the Mosul issue.

Mustafa Kemal, until the time the Lausanne talks were suspended, said

on many occasions that Mosul was a Turkish land and that he would ensure
it stayed that way, by using military force if necessary. However, later he shift-

ed his tone significantly. He began to say that it would be wrong to be per-
sistent in Lausanne for the resolution of the Mosul issue and that it could be