Greece ‘deliberately’ eroding Lausanne Peace Treaty: Erdogan
ANKARA (AA) – Greece has recently been deliberately eroding terms and conditions of the Lausanne Peace Treaty, Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan alleged on Sunday.
In a video message on the 99th anniversary of the Lausanne Peace Treaty, he said: “The terms and conditions of Lausanne Peace Treaty, particularly the rights of the Turkish minority, have recently been deliberately eroded by Greece.”
“It is not possible for our country to accept this situation, which is incompatible with the principle of good neighborly relations and loyalty to the treaty,” he added.
The Lausanne treaty was signed on July 24, 1923, after the Turkish victory in the War of Independence following the First World War.
Describing it as one of the founding documents of the Republic of Türkiye following the Fall of the Ottoman Empire, Erdogan emphasized that Ankara has meticulously monitored its implementation over the past 99 years.
“With the Lausanne Peace Treaty, our land borders were drawn, capitulations were abolished, rights of the Turkish minority in Greece were secured, and the non-military status of Greek islands close to our coasts was confirmed,” he said.
He asserted that Turkiye will continue to respect the terms of the treaty and regretted that Greece was failing to abide by the historic document.
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