Treaty of Sèvres

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international treaty peace treaty post–World War I treaty

The Treaty of Sèvres was a 1920 post–World War I peace agreement that dismantled much of the Ottoman Empire, redrawing borders in the Middle East and paving the way for the modern Turkish Republic’s emergence after its subsequent rejection.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Treaty of Sèvres canonical	36
Treaty of Sèvres negotiations	3
Treaty of Sèvres (1920)	1
Treaty of Sèvres (planned terms)	1
Treaty of Sèvres 1920	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T134437 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Sèvres
Context triple: [Interwar period, significantTreaty, Treaty of Sèvres]

A. Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was the 1920 peace agreement that formally ended World War I between the Allies and Hungary, drastically reducing Hungary’s territory and population and reshaping the map of Central and Eastern Europe.
B. Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was a 1919 peace settlement that dismantled the Austro-Hungarian Empire, recognized new nation-states in Central Europe, and imposed territorial and military restrictions on Austria after World War I.
C. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a 1918 peace agreement in which Bolshevik Russia exited World War I by ceding vast territories to the Central Powers, profoundly reshaping Eastern Europe and influencing the course of the Russian Civil War.
D. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace agreement that formally ended World War I and imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic terms on Germany while reshaping the map of Europe.
E. Treaty of Riga
The Treaty of Riga was the 1921 peace agreement that ended hostilities between Poland and Soviet Russia (and Soviet Ukraine), redrew their borders, and concluded the Polish–Soviet War.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Treaty of Sèvres
Target entity description: The Treaty of Sèvres was a 1920 post–World War I peace agreement that dismantled much of the Ottoman Empire, redrawing borders in the Middle East and paving the way for the modern Turkish Republic’s emergence after its subsequent rejection.

A. Treaty of Trianon
The Treaty of Trianon was the 1920 peace agreement that formally ended World War I between the Allies and Hungary, drastically reducing Hungary’s territory and population and reshaping the map of Central and Eastern Europe.
B. Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye was a 1919 peace settlement that dismantled the Austro-Hungarian Empire, recognized new nation-states in Central Europe, and imposed territorial and military restrictions on Austria after World War I.
C. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a 1918 peace agreement in which Bolshevik Russia exited World War I by ceding vast territories to the Central Powers, profoundly reshaping Eastern Europe and influencing the course of the Russian Civil War.
D. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace agreement that formally ended World War I and imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic terms on Germany while reshaping the map of Europe.
E. Treaty of Riga
The Treaty of Riga was the 1921 peace agreement that ended hostilities between Poland and Soviet Russia (and Soviet Ukraine), redrew their borders, and concluded the Polish–Soviet War.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international treaty ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ post–World War I treaty ⓘ
affectedTerritory	Anatolia ⓘ Middle East ⓘ Thrace ⓘ
aimedTo	dismantle the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
concludedBetween	Allied Powers of World War I ⓘ surface form: Allied Powers Ottoman Empire ⓘ
contributedTo	Turkish War of Independence ⓘ rise of the Turkish National Movement ⓘ
imposed	reparations on the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
imposedOn	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Italian ⓘ
ledTo	strong opposition in Anatolia ⓘ
limited	Ottoman military forces ⓘ
neverFullyImplemented	true ⓘ
partOf	Paris Peace Conference ⓘ surface form: Paris Peace Settlement
pavedTheWayFor	emergence of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ
precedes	Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ
providedFor	French sphere of influence in southeastern Anatolia ⓘ Greek control of Smyrna under mandate ⓘ Italian sphere of influence in southwestern Anatolia ⓘ autonomy for Kurdistan ⓘ cession of Eastern Thrace to Greece ⓘ creation of an independent Armenia ⓘ demilitarization of the Straits ⓘ internationalization of the Straits ⓘ
recognized	British mandates in the Middle East ⓘ French Mandate for Syria and Lebanon ⓘ surface form: French mandates in the Middle East League of Nations mandates over former Ottoman Arab provinces ⓘ
replacedBy	Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ
resultedIn	partition of Ottoman territories ⓘ
signatory	Armenia ⓘ France ⓘ Greece ⓘ Hejaz ⓘ Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
signedAfter	World War I ⓘ
signedIn	France ⓘ Sèvres ⓘ
signedOn	1920-08-10 ⓘ
status	superseded ⓘ
wasRejectedBy	Turkish War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Turkish National Movement

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Referenced by (42)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interwar period → significantTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

World War I → formalEndTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Allied Powers of World War I → signedTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Central Powers → peaceTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaty of Lausanne → replaced → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaty of Lausanne → predecessor → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

First Republic of Armenia → event → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Sèvres (1920)

Kingdom of Kurdistan → establishedAfter → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Sèvres 1920

San Remo Conference → follows → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Sèvres negotiations

San Remo Conference → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → relatedTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Paris Peace Conference → significantEvent → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

British Iraq Mandate → legalBasis → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Armistice of Mudros → precedes → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Turkish War of Independence → cause → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Turkish War of Independence → nullified → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Sèvres → historicallyNotableFor → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Sèvres → treatySignedHere → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine → relatedAgreement → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Allied occupation authorities in Istanbul → legalBasis → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaties of France → hasPart → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

World War I diplomacy → includesAgreement → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Entente Powers → signed → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Megali Idea doctrine → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

subject surface form: Megali Idea

Treaty of Batum (1918) → supersededBy → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Turkish–Armenian War (1920) → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Versailles system → basedOn → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

League of Nations minority treaties → legalBasisIn → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Assyrian question → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire → legalBasis → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

London Conference of 1920 → follows → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Sèvres negotiations

Erzurum Congress of 1919 → opposedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Sèvres (planned terms)

Khilafat movement → hasCause → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Eleftherios Venizelos → notableWork → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Sèvres negotiations

Allied occupation of Smyrna → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Treaty of Kars → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Allied forces → signedTreaty → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

subject surface form: Allied forces (World War I)

Asia Minor Agreement → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

First Battle of İnönü → relatedEvent → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

Second Battle of İnönü → relatedTo → Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ

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