Greece Throughout the First Term and the Interruption of Lausanne Peace Conference

After the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the First World War, the invasion period began for the Anatolian land. Greece, which invaded the Western Anatolia with the support of the Entente States, encountered a considerable Turkish resistance and had to withdraw after the three years Turco-Greek war. The Greek defeat brought about the significant changes in domestic and foreign policies of Greece. In Lausanne Peace Conference that congregated on November 20th, 1922, Greece on one hand faced the demands which were requested (by Turkey) in the conference, on the other hand in her domestic policy settled up with the ones who were known as the responsibles of the “Catastrophe”. Lausanne Peace Conference got in a bind in February 1923 as the result of non-acceptance of the Turkish demands by the Entente States and the negotiations paused until April 1923. In the period of interruption, Turkey didn’t abandon her demands while Greece constituted a pressure on Turkey by re-organizing the army of Thrace and at the same time proceeded to provide the political stability in the country.