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The Treaty of Lausanne: How Modern Turkey Was Drawn
Episode 253 takes us to the quiet, smoke-filled rooms of the Palais de Rumine in Lausanne, Switzerland, during 1922 and 1923. While previous episodes covered the collapse of the Ottoman Caliphate and Atatürk’s military victories, this episode focuses on the diplomatic negotiation that actually drew the borders of modern Turkey. We follow İsmet İnönü, known as the Iron Fist, as he stands alone against a coalition of Allied powers including Britain, France, Italy, and Japan. The conversation explores how İnönü leveraged the exhaustion of Europe after World War I and the strategic value of…
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