constantinople ordered him to withdraw. the capitulation of the capital in the face of post-armistice advances gave additional support for those turks who believe the d the ottoman government to be corrupt. even before ascending to his ultimate position as president of turkey, mustafa kemal ataturk invited all turks to enter a national pact to only accept the lines drawn at the armistice, laterros, rather than the illegally seized lands. it's fascinating that president almost 100 years later, president erdogan reminded the turkish people of the national pact when campaigning in 2017. some have suggested the present turkish actions in northern syria and northern iraq are designed to achieve just this end. alexandrata was later regained by the turkish republic before the treaty was discussed. so, the first of these treaties we will mention is the treaty of sevres, signed on august 10, 1920. this was a treaty where the allman empire ceded non-turkish possessions. this allowed for the designation of a league of nations mandates