Chanak Crisis

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British political crisis diplomatic crisis international incident

The Chanak Crisis was a 1922 diplomatic confrontation between Britain and Turkey over control of the Dardanelles that nearly led to war and marked a turning point in British imperial politics.

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Straits Question 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British political crisis ⓘ
diplomatic crisis ⓘ
international incident ⓘ
conflict Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved Dominion of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominion of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominion of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dominion of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs milestone in evolution of Dominion autonomy ⓘ
turning point in British imperial politics ⓘ
follows Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause advance of Turkish nationalist forces toward Chanak ⓘ
dispute over demilitarized Straits Zone ⓘ
hasEffect assertion of autonomy by British Dominions ⓘ
near outbreak of war between Britain and Turkey ⓘ
political damage to David Lloyd George ⓘ
reassessment of British imperial defense policy ⓘ
rise of Dominion foreign policy independence ⓘ
weakening of British coalition government ⓘ
hasEndTime 1922 ⓘ
hasStartTime 1922 ⓘ
location Chanak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dardanelles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Straits Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Çanakkale NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject control of the Dardanelles ⓘ
status of the Straits Zone ⓘ
opposedBy Turkish nationalist government in Ankara NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedWithin British military leadership ⓘ
some British Dominions ⓘ
outcome peaceful resolution without war ⓘ
subsequent negotiation of Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ
participant British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
British occupation forces ⓘ
Grand National Assembly of Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkish nationalist forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf history of modern Turkey ⓘ
history of the British Empire ⓘ
interwar diplomatic history ⓘ
pointInTime September 1922 ⓘ
relatedTo Treaty of Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Treaty of Sèvres NERFINISHED ⓘ
Turkish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent British request for Dominion military support ⓘ
Dominion refusal to automatically support British policy ⓘ
negotiations leading to armistice with Turkey ⓘ
supportedBy British Prime Minister David Lloyd George NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalContext post–World War I settlement ⓘ

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Turkish War of Independence → hasPart → Chanak Crisis ⓘ
Soviet–Turkish conflicts (interwar period) → relatedTo → Chanak Crisis ⓘ
this entity surface form: Straits Question