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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British control of the Straits Zone canonical 1

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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 ⓘ