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Adnan Harun Yahya

Post-Lausanne Mosul

Controversial issues that the Treaty couldn't solve dominated Turkish for-
eign policy in the wake of the Conference of Lausanne, while the disagree-

ment over Mosul with Britain was the most heated foreign policy issue be-
tween 1923-1926.

Upon the application of Britain, the Mosul dispute was referred to the

League of Nations on August 6, 1924, which started discussing it on Sep-
tember 20, 1924, one year after the Treaty of Lausanne was signed. During

the talks, the Turkish side repeated their offer of a referendum in Mosul, but
Britain, just like before, rejected the idea with insolent excuses like 'locals be-

ing ignorant and not understanding about border issues'. 394 (The Kurdish
people in the region are above such remarks). On September 30, 1924, a de-

cision was made to set up an investigative commission, which defined the bor-
ders on October 28, 1924 and established a status quo Turkish-Iraqi border

named 'Brussels Line'. The highlights from the report of the com-
mission that was submitted to the League of Nations on

July 16, 1925 were as follows:

The Castle of Ouchy, where the
Lausanne talks were held