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Lausanne Treaty signed after the First World War generates also the main platform of Turkish-Greek relations today. Nevertheless, this consensus could be attained only after harsh negotiations. In this process, Turkey and Greece were separated through the East- West axis as well. Therefore, a civilizational conflict was staged in Lausanne, in addition to the arrangement of peace conditions. Delineating on the reflections of Orientalist approach  over the Lausanne negotiations, this study searches for the background and line spaces of the discussions. The impacts of history, culture and ideology on international diplomacy are exposed in this way. This study attempting to view the international diplomacy from within, sets forth the correspondence betwen Fridtjof Nansen as the High Commissioner of Refugees for the League of Nations and Eleftherios Venizelos as the Head of Greek Delegation in Lausanne. These letters found in the League of Nations archives particularly mention the war prisoners and refugee issues held during the Lausanne negotiations. This study is focused on the way these problems were handled rather than their contents and unravels the characteristics attributed to Ankara diplomacy, historical prejudices and the ways how cultural and ideological structures were reflected on diplomacy.

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