Özet:

While it was within its confins, in the Agreement between the Ankara government and France on 20 October 1921 and the Lozan Peace Treaty, Turkey, while containing some autonomous provisions, agreed that Hatay would remain in Syria. Ataturk, who sees Hatay as a "personal matter", has shown the intention and determination of Turkey by saying that "three centuries of Turkish land cannot remain in wild hands." The picture that appeared in Europe in the second half of the 1930s led the relations of Turkey with Britain and France to a alliance. In this process, the end of France’s mandate administration in Syria, Turkey saw it as an opportunity for Hatay. At the end of the talks, Hatay first gained autonomy, then an independent structure, and finally the Hatay parliament held its last meeting on June 29, 1939 with a decision it unanimously made to Turkey. While its relationship with Syria went to the previous years, Italy’s activity towards the region increased in the 1930s. Mussolini Italy, which founded its entire foreign policy on colonialism, planned to settle in Syria if France withdrew. Therefore, the signing of the Turkish-French treaty on the Sancak issue on 23 June 1939 raised the Italian state and the press. In the Italian press, articles that criticize the Turkish-English-French proximity began to come out. The original reaction was shown by the Italian government and Italy gave a note to France on 10 July 1939. In this note, referring to the Turkish-French treaty of 23 June 1939, according to the decision made between Britain, France and Italy on 24 April 1920 in San Remo, it stated that such treaty would not be made without the knowledge and consent of Italy. This note played a negative role in the relations between Turkey and Italy, which is already undergoing a deep period of uncertainty. The issue was not limited to the relations between Turkey and Italy. The reaction of Italy to Turkey is just as directed to the coalition between Turkey-England-France.

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