@article{2025:louhichi:making_bor,
title = {Making Borders from Behind the Scenes: Turkish Opposition Efforts over Mosul during the Lausanne Conference (1922–1923)},
year = {2025},
note = {The current Paper is focused on the Turkish-Iraqi border, specifically
on Mosul, which was under Ottoman administration until just before the
end of World War I (11th November 1918) and is now within the borders
of Iraq. The so-called ‘Mosul Question’ has long attracted the
attention of researchers, who have in particular studied the role
played by the international actors – Turkey, Britain, and the
latter’s allies in the war. Their studies have followed the events
and developments of the subject, particularly during the Lausanne
Conference, and even afterwards, when the Mosul issue was referred to
the League of Nations, resulting in Mosul being placed under British
mandate in 1926. The ‘main actors’ negotiated the fate of this
region amidst intense competition that had far-reaching effects on the
process of drawing the borders between the newly established Turkish
state and Iraq, which was under British mandate at the time. Jordi
Tejel’s study represents a significant contribution to these
studies, as he goes beyond an analytical examination of the roles of
the ‘main actors’ and undertakes an analytical examination at a
different level: the local actor, in this context, the Kurds,
especially the inhabitants of the border regions. This paper follows
in Tejel’s footsteps and seeks to deepen research on the
micro-historical level. It seeks to trace a ‘behind-the-scenes
actor,’ namely the Turkish opposition, and study its role and impact
on the Mosul issue and the process of shaping the ‘southern Turkish
borders’ (Cenup hudutları) during the Lausanne negotiations.},
journal = {DIYÂR},
pages = {405--431},
author = {Louhichi, Soumaya},
volume = {6},
number = {2}
}