Paris+Peace+Talks+1919

__Treaty of Sevres__ Main purpose: to dismantle the Ottoman Empire Source: [] This is the Ottoman Empire before Sevres As you can see it has control over the mediterranean countries, north Africa, and countries on the Black Sea __Boaders Redrawn after Sevres__ Source:http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/6172/turquiesevresgfvx5.gif

Some new self determine states: Turkey Armenia Syria

Points of interest: The Otttoman Empire originally controlled the straits that connected the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, thus whoever had control of these straits had control on trading between the east and the west. Britain had an especial interest because of their trade routes to India. Self Determination: Armenia After the genocide by the Kurds and Turks, many of the Allied nations, specifically Britain and France, felt guilty of being unaware of the massacre that occured and not doing anything to help support Armenia. So for compensation, the Allied nations allowed Armenia to have the right for self-determination, thus Armenia formed its own state for the Armenian ethnicity.