The Problems Occurred in Three Provinces From Independence War to Mondros Armistice

During the period when three provinces were under the rule of Russians, they radically changed in every aspect of life. Turks were resisting to the immigration on the one hand they struggled with preventions of the government in educational, cultural, and economical fields. Brest-Litovsk Treaty, signed on 3rd March 1918, changed the course of both the relationships of Turkish-Russians and the region. The 4th article of the treaty envisaged the annexation of region to the Ottoman State. While the public poll held in the spring of 1918 made the annexation formal, it made Ottoman State an important actor in Caucassia. The foundation of Civil Service, the increasing of the prosperity of the people, the recognition of some military and governing exemptions took place as priorities in the new period. Most of the precautions taken by the government were not effective because of not founding the civilian foundations appropriately. Programs that made the Ottoman State challenging were not prepared because of the war conditions.