The Peace treaty of Sevres August 10, 1920 Refused By Kemal

The Burial of General Maude:
"A little later Mustafa Kemal became the leader of that movement and set up a heretic government in Ankara, which refused to recognize the Treaty of Sevres. Soviet Russia, worried about the designs of the Western Powers on the Straits and the Turkish shores, encouraged Turkish nationalism. In August 1920, the Conference of the peoples of the East took place in Baku under Soviet auspices and with the agreement of the Azerbaijani leadership, when Enver Pasha again reiterated the Pan-Turanian brotherhood. Once more Armenia was endangered. From May 1920 onward, the Bolshevik upheaval in Armenia gave a premonition of Russian attitudes towards conquering the Caucasus. In some regions, the disorder was further inflamed by Turko -Tartar activities which were aimed at disturbing the peace and weakening the central authority. Worried about the deteriorating situation, the government of Yerevan opened negotiations with Moscow, in a spirit of mutual friendship and understanding, and asked for Moscow's assistance. The Soviets postponed the negotiations and then sent a large delegation whose members dealt more with propaganda than negotiations. In September 22 and without a declaration of war, the army of Kazim Karabekir attacked Armenia. After a month's resistance, the Armenian army, already weakened by internal dissention and Bolshevik propaganda, gave in and the Kemalists were able to unite with the Tartars of Azerbaijan. Kars fell on the 22nd of October, Alexandrapole on November 7th. The fighting around Yerevan was quite vicious for a few weeks, after which"