[1/3] An exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne that fixed the borders of modern Turkey at the end of World War I is seen at the Historical Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, July 21, 2023.
REUTERS/Denis BalibouseLAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 23 (Reuters) - The Treaty of Lausanne that formed modern Turkey is still cherished by some but remains a disappointment for others including Kurds and Armenians who hoped for autonomous regions and justice for Ottoman-era crimes.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan commemorated the anniversary in a statement last year, praising elements of it and saying that Turkey had meticulously monitored its implementation.
You must show what this (treaty) means," Karnusian told Reuters, saying that it stood for the "origin of the denial of what happened" to the Armenians.
"I think it (the treaty) has endured because everyone's equally unhappy about it," he said.
Persons:
Denis Balibouse, Tayyip Erdogan, Koyuncu, Karnusian, Jonathan Conlin, everyone's, Emma Farge, Frances Kerry
Organizations:
Historical Museum, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Lausanne, Turkey, Switzerland, Swiss, Britain, France, Ottoman Empire