A Hundred Years of Lausanne Violations

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A Hundred Years of Lausanne Violations: Greece and Turkey, Minorities and the Aegean

By Baskın Oran and Ali Dayıoğlu
Published: 1 June 2024 [Mediterranean Politics Series: 6]

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Explore the intricate historical fabric that has woven the complex relationship between Turkey and Greece along the enchanting Aegean Sea. Despite their shared geographic proximity, Greece and Turkey secured their independence in vastly different centuries, with Greece gaining sovereignty in 1830 and Turkey in 1923. Their journeys to nationhood were marred by conflicts, casting a long shadow over their subsequent interactions.

Both nations, influenced by the passionate Mediterranean temperament, have engaged in a delicate dance of disputes. Their interactions have often embodied the saying “the pot calling the kettle black,” leading to a series of missteps that occasionally teetered on the brink of armed conflicts in the Aegean. In the process, the welfare of their respective minority communities was often overlooked in the name of protecting their compatriots.

Turkey and Greece have resorted to the concept of “reciprocity,” despite its historical association with a cycle of transgressions. This practice, deemed incompatible with international law (as highlighted in Article 60/5 of the 1969 Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties), further complicates their relations.

This insightful book consists of two parts. The first dissects the injustices perpetrated by both nations against their minority populations, meticulously examining the relevant articles of the 1923 Lausanne Peace Treaty and other international texts to expose violations. The second part navigates the turbulent waters of Aegean conflicts, offering impartial insights and arguments, free from national bias.

Embark on a journey through a century of history, geopolitics, and international law as we unravel the complexities of Turkey and Greece’s quest for understanding, reconciliation, and peace in the Aegean.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

BASKIN ORAN

Professor emeritus of international relations. Born in 1945 in Izmir. As an assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences (SBF) (Mülkiye), which he graduated from in 1968, he was expelled from the university for a total of 9 years by the juntas of 1971 and 1980, each time winning at the Council of State. Between 1999 and 2009, he was the national liaison officer to the Council of Europe’s European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). In October 2004, when he wrote the Minority and Cultural Rights Report of the Prime Ministry Human Rights Advisory Board, he was taken to court and acquitted. In 2006, he took early retirement and gave a series of lectures at Oxford (2006) and Harvard (2009) universities. In December 2008, he was among the four people who launched the Armenian Apology Campaign. In April 2013, he was part of the Wise People Aegean delegation within the framework of Kurdish Peace. In January 2016, he was one of the 1,128 academics who signed the declaration “We will not be a party to this crime”. His graduate courses at Mülkiye were cancelled during the State of Emergency declared in July 2016. His weekly articles appear in Agos and Artigerçek on Thursdays. He has published more than ninety scientific articles (see www.baskinoran.com).

The following books in Turkish have been published in Turkey in chronological order: Nationalism in Underdeveloped Countries – The Black African Model (1977); The Western Thrace Problem in Turkish-Greek Relations (1986); Atatürk’s Nationalism – A Study Outside the Official Ideology (1988); Unwritten Memoirs of Kenan Evren (2 volumes; 1989 and 1990); Where Have All the Old Prisons Gone (1991); State against the State (1994); Poised Hammer – Operation Provide Comfort and the Kurdish State (1996); Greece’s Lausanne Violations; Globalization and Minorities; (Ed.)Turkish Foreign Policy – Events, Documents, Commentaries from the Turkish War of Independence to Our Day (3 volumes: 1919-1980, 1980-2001, 2001-2012) (2001 and 2013); An History of Bodrum as Told by Dalavera Memet (with Feyhan Görgün) (2004); Bodrum From the Eyes of its Brother-in-law (2004); Minorities in Turkey – concepts, theory, Lausanne, domestic legislation, case law, implementation (2004); Turkey’s Human Rights Balance Sheet – 2005 Monitoring Report (2006); Deportation Memoirs of a Child Named M. K. -1915 and After (2010); Writings on Kurds of Turkey (2010); Writings on Non-Muslims of Turkey (2011); Writings on Turkish Judiciary and Justice (2013); The Western Front in Kurdish Peace – When I was a Wise People in the Aegean (2014); Unwritten Memoirs of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2017); Ethnic and Religious Minorities – history, theory, law, Turkey (2018); Violations of Lausanne in the Centenary – Greece and Turkey, Minorities and the Aegean (with Ali Dayıoğlu) (2023).

His books published abroad: M.K, Récit d’un deporté arménien – 1915 (Editions Turquoise, France, 2008); (Ed.) Turkish Foreign Policy 1919-2006 (The University of Utah Press, USA, 2010); Minorities and Minority Rights in Turkey – From the Ottoman Empire to the Present State (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Colorado, 2021).

ALİ DAYIOĞLU

Born in 1970 in Limassol, Cyprus, Prof. Ali Dayıoğlu is a faculty member at the European University of Lefke, Department of International Relations. His research interests include Turkish foreign policy, the Muslim-Turkish minorities in Bulgaria and Greece, non-Muslims in Turkey and nationalism, minorities and Islam in Cyprus. Ali Dayıoğlu is the author of 3 books in Turkish (From the Concentration Camp to the Parliament: Turkish and Muslim Minority in Bulgaria, (2005); The “Others” of Northern Cyprus: Greeks, Maronites, Roma, Alevis, Kurds (2014); Violations of Lausanne in the Centenary – Greece and Turkey, Minorities and the Aegean (with Baskın Oran) (2023), as well as numerous book chapters and articles on these issues.

PRODUCT DETAILS:

ISBN: 978-1-80135-241-3 (Print)
ISBN: 978-1-80135-242-0 (Digital)
Publisher: Transnational Press London
Published: 1 June 2024
Language: English
Pages: 317
Binding: Paperback
Interior Ink: Black & white
Weight (approx.): 0.85 kg
Dimensions (approx.): 15cm wide x 23cm tall