Turkey at the Straits
Subtitle: a short history
By: by James T. Shotwell and Francis Deák.
Contributors: Deák, Francis, 1898-1972. joint author.; Turkey.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1940
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Eastern question (Balkan); Straits question.; Dardanelles Strait (Turkey); Bosporus (Turkey); Turkey -- Foreign relations.
Description: Discusses the history of the political control of the straits--the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles. Includes the texts of some relevant treaties signed from 1920 to 1939. The first half of the history was originally part of a memorandum commissioned in 1918 by the Americans for use in negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference; this was then printed in 1921 as a pamphlet. The second half of the history, which was written by Francis Deák, covers the history of the straits from the Congress of Berlin (1878) until 1939 or 1940.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 173-178.
"First printing."
Appendices: Treaty of peace between the Allied powers and Turkey. Signed at Sèvres, August 10, 1920 (p. 137-141)--Convention on the régime of the Straits. Signed at Lausanne, July 24, 1923 (p. 142-153)--Convention regarding the régime of the Straits. Signed at Montreux, July 20, 1936 (p. 154-167)--Treaty of mutual assistance between His Majesty in respect of the United Kingdom, the President of the French Republic and the President of the Turkish Republic. Signed at Angora, October 10, 1939 (p. 168-171)
"Chronological index of treaties, conventions and agreements": p. 179-181.