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"Turkish national oath"
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The Turkish national oath (Turkish: Mîsâk-ı Millî or Millî Misak) is a six-point declaration passed by the last Ottoman parliament in early 1920, with reference to the decisions of the Turkish nationalist assemblies in Erzerum and Sebastiania. The oath set the borders of the future Turkish Republic, on the basis of its recent borders, defeated in World War I, Ottoman Empire, including, inter alia, "the areas of Kirkuk, Thessaloniki, Aleppo and Mosul". Especially with regard to Arab territories, the Orcos had initially been considered to have been dismissing them, but modern research showed that this was far from true.
Background
The basic lines of the Orku were formed at the National Conference of Erzurum Kongresi; 22 July – 7 August 1919) and the corresponding of Sivas Kongresi; 4-11 September 1919), of the Turkish National Movement and Kemal Pasha. The Ottoman government, accepting the request of the Congress of Sebastian, held an election. In them, nationalist fans prevailed completely in Anatolia. Their representatives met in Ankara in December 1919. In January 1920 various meetings of representatives were held with Kemal and a resolution was formed, which was sent to Istanbul by Hüsrev Sami Bey, a representative of Trabzonda. On 12 January 1920 Parliament began its work in the Ottoman capital and immediately adopted the resolution that had been sent, immediately after the definition of government bodies. On 28 January, in a closed session, the "Ethic declaration of the nation" (Ahd-ı Millî Beyannamei), the well-known Mîsâk-ı Millî was accepted. On 12 February, at the suggestion of Şeref Bey, a representative of Adrianoupoli, it was decided to publish the text. As has been noted by scholars, it was the first time a formal Ottoman document spoke of "minorities".
Between the text prepared in Ankara and had 8 points and the text of the 6 positions adopted in Istanbul there are differences. It remains unclear how the Orc was accepted by the delegates and published. In the Minutes of Parliament there is nothing enlightening about this issue. There is a suspicion that the final resolution may not express the whole body, but a group. As the British ambassador Sir Horace Rumbold pointed out, in the published text of the Declaration there are no signatures, which strengthens the doubt about the procedures followed.
The reports of the oath
The terms of the Turkish national oath are:
The future of areas inhabited by Arabs by majority, at the time of the signing of the Mudros Truce, will be determined by referendum. The areas which were not occupied by the allies at the time of the signing of the truce and had Turkish-Muslim