The Activities of Şerif Pasha in Paris Conference and the situation of Eastern Anatolian people

XV ABSTRACT The main theme of the thesis study called "The activities of Şerif Pasha in Paris Conference and the situation of Eastern Anatolian People" consists of the activities of Şerif Pasha in Paris and the reactions aimed towards him. In the introduction section, a brief information has been given on the general situation in which the Ottomans and Europe were in at the beginning of 20th Century. Emphasize has been given on the participation of the Ottoman Empire in the I. World War and the secret agreements signed by the Western Countries aiming to split the Empire. The Ottoman Empire, signing Mondreoux cease fire agreement on October 30, 1918, withdrew from the war. This agreement, with its much heavier clauses for above the quality of a sease war agreement, scused the state be paralyzed and accelerated its collapse process. After the I. World War, for the purpose of bringing a new order to Europe and causing the defeated countries sign peace agreements, Paris Peace Conference was held on January 18, 1919. In spite of the vast participation in appearance, the U.S. A, the U.K. and France ruled the resolutions of the Conference. Among the issues discussed at the conference, priority was given to the splitting of the lands of the Ottoman Empire. The issues such as sparing the Western Anatolian lands to Greeks and establishment of an Armenian state in Eastern Anatolia within Wilson principles had a vast place on the agenda. On December 23, 1919, Kurdistan issue, which was notV discussed before, came out. Establishment of a country called Kurdistan, constitutes a significant part of settlement plan of imperialist countries in the Middle East. However the boundries of this country, have been drawn in accordance with the desires of Allied Powers, even if more indefinite than the boundries of Armenia. While the U.S.A. had an effective role on Armenia issue, the U.K. did not leave this work to anybody on Kurdistan issue. The Allied Powers who tried to split the lands of the Ottoman Empire in the direction of their imperialist objectives and their interests in Mesopotamia, formed a joint opinion thinking they would break up the Turks from Anatolia. In Section I. emphasize in given on the occupations realized after Mondreaux cease fire agreement, issues which had priority related with Ottoman Empire in Paris Conference and on Kurdistan problem. In the second section of the thesis, it has been tried to examine the studies of Şerif Pasha, who participated in Paris Conference as the representative of the Ottomans but after a short time he took over the capacity of "Kurdish Representative", and who was the old Stockholm Ambassador of Ottomans. Emphasis has been given on the memorandum of Şerif Pasha that he presented at the conference on March 22, 1919 on Kurdish demands and the Alliance he made with Armenia Representative Bogos Nubar. The agreement executed by Şerif Pasha with the Armenians caused great reactions both in the country and abroad. This behavior had been protested by cables sent to Parliament, Representatives offices of the AlliedVI Powers with and due to the changed behaviors of the Allied Representative with his desire on April 5, 1920. In the last action it has been stressed on the changing views of Şerif Pasha and it has been tried to examine the roles of Eastern Anatolian people in National Struggle Movement.