TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Wars, battles and treaties
Treaty · 1918
The Armistice of Mudros ended hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre between Ottoman Empire and the Allies of World War I. It was signed on 30 October 1918 by the Ottoman Minister of Marine Affairs Rauf Bey and British Admiral Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe, Commander-in-Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet, on board HMS Agamemnon (1906) in Moudros harbor on the Greek island of Lemnos. It took effect at noon the next day. The table it was signed on is now on board HMS Belfast in London Bridge, though it is not accessible to the public.
| Type | Armistice |
|---|---|
| Signed | 30 October 1918 |
| Place of signing | HMS Agamemnon |
| In force | 31 October 1918 |
| Parties | Ottoman Empire, Entente Powers |
| Signatories | Rauf Bey; Somerset Arthur Gough-Calthorpe |
The Armistice of Mudros officially brought hostilities to an end between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire. However, incursions by the Italians and Greeks into Anatolia in the name of "restoring order" soon came close to an outright partition of the country. The Treaty of Sèvres in 1920 officially partitioned the Ottoman Empire into zones of influence; however, the Turkish War of Independence (1919–23) saw the rejection of the treaty by Turkish nationalist forces based in Ankara, who eventually took control of the Anatolian Peninsula.
Took place during the reign of Mehmed VI (1918–1922). Mehmed VI
The atlas records this territorial change for the year:
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), adapted for the atlas.