Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed that “our country is determined to make every effort to establish lasting peace and stability in its region and protect the rights of our dear people”, noting that “while Turkey is moving with confident steps towards 2023, the centenary of the signing of the Lausanne Peace Treaty and the formation of Our Republic, it is also strengthening its influential positions in regional and global issues.”

He explained in a message published by him on the occasion of the 99th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, which was signed on July 24, 1923 in the Swiss city of Lausanne between the Allies and the victorious Turkish national forces in the War of Independence, that “The Treaty of Lausanne is one of the founding documents Republic of Turkey, which demarcated the borders of the country’s lands, canceling concessions, guaranteeing the rights of the Turkish minority in Greece, and confirming the non-military status of the islands off the coast of Turkey.

Erdogan noted that “Turkey has been closely following the implementation of the Lausanne Peace Treaty since its signing, but lately the Greek side has been ignoring the conditions fixed in the treaty or deliberately blurring them, especially regarding the rights of the Turkish minority. “emphasizing that “Turkey cannot accept such a state of affairs”, which is contrary to good neighborly relations and the principle of adherence to the concluded agreement.”

Under the treaty, the border between Turkey and Greece was demarcated, the republic was recognized after the war of independence under the leadership of the republic’s founder Mustafa Kemal Atatürk against the allied forces (1919) and the status of the Turkish minority in Greece. has been defined.