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Thread #90673   Message #1723106
Posted By: beardedbruce
20-Apr-06 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: suicide bomber murders 9 in Tel Aviv
Subject: RE: BS: suicide bomber murders 9 in Tel Aviv
"The Treaty of Lausanne was a peace treaty (peace treaty: A treaty to cease hostilities) that set the boundaries of modern Turkey (Turkey: A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923) . It was signed in Lausanne (Lausanne: A city in western Switzerland; cultural and commercial center) , Switzerland (Switzerland: A landlocked federal republic in central Europe) on July 24, 1923 by Greece (Greece: A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil) , Turkey (Turkey: A Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923) and other countries (including the Allied Powers (Allied Powers: when spelt with a capital a, allies usually denotes the countries that fought together...
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It superseded the Treaty of Sèvres (Treaty of Sèvres: the treaty of sèvres of august 10, 1920, made peace between the allied and associated...
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[follow hyperlink for more...]) . In October 20th, 1922 the peace conference was opened, and after harsh debates, in February, 4th it was interrupted. Reopening in April, 23rd the treaty was signed in July, 24th after a total of 8 months of long and arduous discussions."


Or will you now state the borders of Turkey, determined by the same treaty, are not valid?