Greece in Asia Minor : the Greek administration of the Vilayet of Aidin, 1919-1922
In May 1919, following the Al1ie' victory in the Grea' War, the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference was deliberating in Paris. With ample prompting from the Greek side and in order to avert a similar Italian move, the Council soon decided to request the landing of Greek troops in Asia Minor, to establish law and order and to protect the Christian minorities from excesses on behalf of the Turks. This landing, was followed by the establishment of the Greek High Commission of Smyrna, whose task was to supervise the Turkish administration of the territory occupied by the Greek army u til the peace treaty with Turkey was signed. Further,the 'gh Commission was to be the mediator Iet.ween the occupying forces and the Ottoman civil authorities. After the signature of the Treaty of SĂšvres which provided for a substantial part of Asia Minor to be administered by Greece for an initial five-year period, the High Commission assumed the administration of the Greek zone, together with that of the zone occupied de facto by the Greek forces but not included, in the Treaty, and was renamed Greek Administration of Smyrna. The object of this thesis is to examine the conditions under which Greece was called to supervise the
Solomonidis, Victoria
History
Greece in Asia Minor : the Greek administration of the Vilayet of Aidin, 1919-1922. In May 1919, following the Al1ie' victory in the Grea' War, the Supreme Council of the Peace Conference was deliberating in Paris. With ample prompting from the Greek side and in order to avert a similar Italian move, the Council soon decided to request the landing of Greek troops in Asia Minor, to establish law and order and to protect the Christian minorities from excesses on behalf of the Turks. This landing, was followed by the establishment of the Greek High Commission of Smyrna, whose task was to supervise the Turkish administration of the territory occupied by the Greek army u til the peace treaty with Turkey was signed. Further,the 'gh Commission was to be the mediator Iet.ween the occupying forces and the Ottoman civil authorities. After the signature of the Treaty of SĂšvres which provided for a substantial part of Asia Minor to be administered by Greece for an initial five-year period, the High Commission assumed the administration of the Greek zone, together with that of the zone occupied de facto by the Greek forces but not included, in the Treaty, and was renamed Greek Administration of Smyrna. The object of this thesis is to examine the conditions under which Greece was called to supervise the
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