İsmet Pasha

Erdoğan's remarks on treaty that formed modern Turkey irk opposition

Published by Hurriyet on Thu, 09/29/2016 - 12:32

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's suggestion that the Treaty of Lausanne, which largely gave Turkey its present borders instead of the rump state envisioned in the Treaty of Sèvres, was "presented as a victory" has drawn an angry reaction from the Republican People's Party (CHP).