When Democracy Died - The Middle East's Enduring Peace of Lausanne

The Treaty of Lausanne, signed in Switzerland in July 1923, officially settled the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the Allied forces. Not only did the Treaty establish the borders of the modern Turkish republic, but it also defined boundaries, political systems, and understandings of citizenship in the newly formed post-Ottoman nation-states. Here, Hans-Lukas Kieser recounts how the eight dramatic months of the Lausanne Conference concluded more than ten years of war and genocide in the late Ottoman Empire. Crucially, the Treaty was in favour of a homogeneous Turkish state in Asia Minor and became the basis for the compulsory 'unmixing of people' that facilitated the persecution of minority groups, including Armenians, Kurds, and Arabs. Not only did this significant yet oft-overlooked treaty mark the end of the League of Nations' project of self-determination and security for small peoples, but it was crucial in shaping the modern Middle East, and dictatorships in Turkey and Europe.

List of contents

Introduction. The historic near east peace of Lausanne; 1. A century's pivotal 'peace'; 2. Against the Paris-Geneva peace: Bolsheviks, Turkists, Islamists; 3. A protracted conference: redefining Turkey, western realpolitik.

About the author

Hans-Lukas Kieser is Associate Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and Adjunct Professor at the University of Zurich. His books include Talât Pasha (2018), Nearest East (2010) and the edited volume Remembering the Great War in the Middle East (2022).

Product details

• Authors: Hans-Lukas Kieser, Hans-Lukas (Universitat Zurich) Kieser, Kieser Hans-Lukas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781316516423
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51642-3
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Print on Demand
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Armenia, Turkey, Diplomacy, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Middle Eastern history, Peace studies & conflict resolution