AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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The large number of WWI Prisoners of War stranded in Soviet Russia, Poland, France, Germany and Turkey.
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Refugees in North Africa.
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Over 1 million Greeks were homeless following the Turkish War of Independence (1919-23).
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Returning Allied troops to Australia and New Zealand.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The conflict between Turkey and Greece is largely over whether the Greek islands are allowed an exclusive economic zone, the basis of claiming rights over the sea. Some claim fear of sovereignty loss is what is driving this conflict. Under Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Blue Homeland policy of Turkey has emerged.
Detailed explanation-2: -On 16 October 1919, Ali Rıza and the nationalists held negotiations in Amasya. They agreed in the Amasya Protocol that an election would be called for the Ottoman Parliament to establish national unity by upholding the resolutions made in the Sivas Congress, including the National Pact.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Treaty of Lausanne was signed on 24 July 1923. On 13 October Ankara officially became the capital of the new Turkish state. On 29 October a republic was proclaimed, with Mustafa Kemal as its first president.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922 was fought between Greece and the Turkish National Movement during the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, between May 1919 and October 1922.