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Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın sonunda, 1919 yılının Ocak ayında toplanan Paris Barış Konferansı’nın lider devletleri İngiltere, Fransa, Amerika ve İtalya konferansta Yüksek Konsey’i oluşturarak birçok devletin geleceği hakkında kararlar aldılar. Büyük Yunanistan’ı kurmak ve Megali İdea hayalini gerçekleştirmek isteyen Venizelos, konferansta Anadolu’dan toprak taleplerinde bulundu. Bu taleplerini haklı göstermek için propagandanın gücünü, siyasi yeteneklerini, gerçek dışı sayılardan ibaret nüfus istatistiklerini ve etnografik haritaları kullandı. Venizelos’un bu çabaları bazı İngiliz devlet adamlarının ve askeri yöneticilerin itirazlarına rağmen İngiltere Başbakanı Lloyd George tarafından desteklendi. Lloyd George’a göre İngiltere, Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın sonunda Osmanlı Devleti’nin yıkılmasıyla Doğu Akdeniz’de ortaya çıkacak olan güç boşluğunu doldurmak için Yunanistan’ı desteklemek zorundaydı. Lloyd George’un desteği sonucunda Paris Konferansı’ndaki Yüksek Konsey 6 Mayıs’da Yunanistan’ın Batı Anadolu’yu işgaline izin verdi.
At the end of the First World War, the leading states of the Paris Peace Conference, held in January 1919, formed the High Council in the Conference of Britain, France, America and Italy and made decisions on the future of many states. Venizelos, who wanted to establish the Great Greece and realize the dream of the Megali Idea, presented land requests from Anadolu at the conference. To justify these demands, he used the power of propaganda, political capabilities, non-real population statistics and ethnographic maps. These efforts of Venizelos were supported by British Prime Minister Lloyd George, despite the objections of some British government officials and military managers. According to Lloyd George, Britain had to support Greece to fill out the power gap that would arise in the Eastern Mediterranean with the destruction of the Ottoman State at the end of World War I. As a result of Lloyd George's support, the High Council at the Paris Conference permitted Greece to occupy Western Anatolia on May 6.
England, France, USA and Italy, the leading states of Paris Peace Conference that was held at the end of the World War I in January, 1919, took decisions about the future of many states by forming the Supreme Council. Venizelos, who wanted to establish the great Greece and realize the dream of Megali Idea, demanded lands from Anatolia at the conference. To justify these demands, he used the power of propaganda, his political abilities, unrealistic population statistics and ethnographic maps. Altough the objections of some British statesmen and military officers, the attempts of Venizelos were supported by the Prime Minister of Britain Lloyd George. From Lloyd George’s point of view, Britain was obliged to endorse Greece with the purpose of filling the power gap that would emerge in the Levant with the collapse of the Ottoman State at the end of the World War I. At the Paris Conferance on May 6th, the Supreme Council gave Greece permission to invade the Western Anatolia under the aegis of Lloyd George.
Field : Güzel Sanatlar; Hukuk; İlahiyat; Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Journal Type : Uluslararası
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