Based on documents from the Historical Diplomatic Archive of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (ASMAE), the essay analyzes the Tripartite Agreement between France, Great Britain and Italy which defined the reciprocal spheres of influence in Turkey. The Agreement was proposed by the British Foreign Minister Lord George Curzon in mid-February 1920. The Tripartite Agreement was intended to secure the privileges negotiated among the Allies and envisioned a primary economic role of Italy in southern Anatolia, of France in Cilicia and in the portion of Kurdistan closer to Syria. Great Britain was dissatisfied with the final draft of the Agreement and called it «a good Franco-Italian deal without any [British] reward». Eventually President Mustafa Kemal resolutely opposed the partition of Anatolia.
Il saggio analizza, sulla base della documentazione consultabile presso l’Archivio Storico Diplomatico del Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale (ASMAE), l’accordo Tripartito, ovvero l’accordo tra Francia, Gran Bretagna e Italia che definiva le reciproche zone d’influenza in Turchia, proposto dal ministro degli Esteri britannico Lord George Curzon fin dalla metà del febbraio 1920. L’accordo Tripartito avrebbe assicurato i privilegi concordati tra gli Alleati, la priorità economica dell’Italia nell’Anatolia meridionale, della Francia in Cilicia e nella parte del Kurdistan vicino alla Siria, mentre la Gran Bretagna non fu soddisfatta della stesura finale dell’accordo che definì «un buon affare franco-italiano senza contropartita». Ma Mustafa Kemal rifiutò con determinazione la spartizione del territorio anatolico.
«Tutto confluì a Parigi». Gli Alleati del Patto Tripartito – la Gran Bretagna, la Francia e l’Italia – avrebbero controllato la Turchia
V. Sommella
2021
Abstract
Based on documents from the Historical Diplomatic Archive of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (ASMAE), the essay analyzes the Tripartite Agreement between France, Great Britain and Italy which defined the reciprocal spheres of influence in Turkey. The Agreement was proposed by the British Foreign Minister Lord George Curzon in mid-February 1920. The Tripartite Agreement was intended to secure the privileges negotiated among the Allies and envisioned a primary economic role of Italy in southern Anatolia, of France in Cilicia and in the portion of Kurdistan closer to Syria. Great Britain was dissatisfied with the final draft of the Agreement and called it «a good Franco-Italian deal without any [British] reward». Eventually President Mustafa Kemal resolutely opposed the partition of Anatolia.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
