Many say Turkey could become the world's most powerful country again in July 2023 when it is freed from sanctions imposed under the Lausanne Treaty, which was imposed after the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in World War I. However, it is also being said that the treaty of serves or Lausanne is a fixed-term agreement with no end date.
The Treaty of Sevres (Lausanne) was signed on July 24, 1923, in Lausanne, Switzerland between the Allies of World War I (Britain, Ireland, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan) and Turkey. Under this agreement, Turkey's borders were defined, and more than 40 Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia, emerged as independent countries from the Ottoman Caliphate.
By 2023, the "Treaty of Lausanne," a century-old peace agreement, should be finished. Various geopolitical and geostrategic thinkers have been having heated discussions about this problem over the past few years. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rose to international prominence in all spheres of politics over the past ten years. He not entirely settled in making Turkey extraordinary again by assuming a bigger part of the planet through an exchange, discretion, and aggressive endeavors at strengthening its tactical profile in the locale. Erdoğan's unwavering commitment to restoring Turkey to the Ottoman Empire's glory demonstrates his determination to pursue a more assertive and nationalistic foreign policy.
According to this agreement, the Ottoman Caliphate was abolished, the Sultan was exiled from Turkey along with his family, even the Sultan's personal property was confiscated, Turkey declared as a secular state and the Republic of Turkey established on the world stage. Admittedly, under this agreement, Turkey also renounced the assets and properties of the Caliphate on the three continents.
Under this agreement, the permission to extract oil from Turkey revoked, and the Bosporus Strait (Dead Sea) was made an international route, due to which Turkey could not collect any taxes from foreign ships passing through its seaway. Following this, Mustafa Kamal Ataturk established a secular government and reorganized Turkey, making Ankara the capital of modern Turkey.
Turkey has continued its development journey despite the sanctions imposed under the Lausanne Agreement, and today the government of Turkish President Tayyip Erdoğan canceled all IMF debt and took Turkey out of the IMF's clutches. Turkey is a member country of the European Union Customs, due to which Turkey has the facility of duty-free export to the European Union countries.
The Bosporus Bridge across the Bosporus Strait in Turkey connects Asia to Europe. Turkey is a member of the G-20 countries and the world's 17th emerging economy. The Turkish army is the second-largest army of NATO, while Turkey is the center of attraction for tourists from all over the world, where more than 70 million foreign tourists come annually.
The West is concerned about the Treaty of Lausanne that this agreement was signed between the Kamal Ataturk's Republic of Turkey and the Western powers, which has nothing to do with the Ottoman Empire, and the term of the Treaty of Lausanne is not 100 years, but it is an indefinite agreement with no fixed period.
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I hope Turkey will get its Countries back
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