BOZKURT-LOTUS DAVASI VE GENÇ TÜRK

Republic of Turkey absolutely declined Ottoman Empire’s inheritance of the capitulations by signing the Lausanne Treaty. However, imperialist countries wanted to continue to use privileges even after 1923. The accident between French ship “Lotus” and Turkish ship “Bozkurt” in 1926 around the island Midilli (Mytilene) became a power struggle between France and newly established Turkish Republic. France wanted to continue accessing privileges while Turkey wanted to announce that no foreign privileges could be accepted.