British control of the Straits Zone

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British control of the Straits Zone was the post-World War I British military and administrative occupation of the strategic Turkish Straits area, aimed at securing naval access between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea and enforcing Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Allied occupation
military occupation
post–World War I political arrangement
aim control maritime traffic through the Turkish Straits
demilitarize the Straits Zone
enforce Allied terms on the defeated Ottoman Empire
secure Allied naval access between the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
appliesTo Bosporus
Dardanelles
Sea of Marmara
Turkish Straits
conflict Turkish War of Independence
country United Kingdom
endTime 1923
followedBy Convention on the Regime of the Straits
international regime of the Turkish Straits
follows Armistice of Mudros
World War I
governingBody Allied occupation administration
British military authorities
linked to: British authorities
historicalPeriod interwar period
legalBasis Armistice of Mudros
Treaty of Sèvres
location Gallipoli Peninsula
Istanbul
Çanakkale
linked to: Çanakkale city
opposedBy Ottoman Empire
Turkish National Movement
participant France
Greece
Italy
United Kingdom
partOf Allied occupation of Istanbul
post–World War I partition plans for the Ottoman Empire
relatedTo Eastern Question
Straits Question
replacedBy Straits Convention (Lausanne, 1923)
linked to: Treaty of Lausanne

Treaty of Lausanne
result restriction of Ottoman sovereignty over the Straits
temporary internationalization of the Turkish Straits
significantEvent Allied control of the Dardanelles forts
demilitarization of the Straits Zone
occupation of Istanbul
startTime 1918
strategicImportance control of access to the Black Sea
protection of British imperial sea routes to the Near East and India

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Allied occupation of the Ottoman Empire hasPart British control of the Straits Zone