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Regarding the Nakhijevan-Turkey Border
For the sake of information and given the scarcity thereof on the Internet relevant to the issue I translate from an article in Persian:
In early 1930s Turkey started talks with Iran to obtain a strip of territory from Iran to provide a border between Turkey and fake “Azerbaijan”. After a couple of years of negotiations, a treaty was signed on January 23, 1932 (2nd of Bahman, 1310 Shamsi) by Foroughi representing Iran and Rushdi Beg representing Turkey, where in exchange for a piece of territory from Turkey, Iran ceded Little Ararat which had a border with Armenia, to Turkey, at the same time cutting the Iranian-Armenian border in the region, ending the Nakhijevan’s enclave situation and creating a 12 kilometer border with fake “Azerbaijan”.
The agreement was ratified on 28th of Esfand, 1310 Shamsi (March 20, 1932) in the 77th session of the Iranian parliament (1) and the final accord was signed in 1934 by Reza Shah and the genocidal bandit Ataturk during Reza Shah’s trip to Turkey (2).
(1) Ettela’at newspaper, 30th of Bahman and 28th of Esfand 1310 Shamsi.
(2) League of Nations, Official Journal, February 1935, pp. 237-239.
Notes:
1. Dates and numbers are taken from the article and any mistakes are from the source.
2. I have converted the Shamsi date of the Iranian parliament sitting into Gregorian (not provided in the article) taking into account the Gregorian date of the signing of the treaty in the article.
3. The name of the territory ceded to Iran is mentioned in the article as part of the Ghatoor (Katur?) region in Turkey. I do not know the equivalent in Turkish so I mention this here instead of in the text.
4. Descriptives for fake “Azerbaijan” and Atraturd are mine.
Translated from an article by Shahen Hovsepian, printed in the 45th issue of the Payman cultural quarterly, Autumn 2008, pp. 89-90.
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