Armistice of Mudros
Moudros harbour, Lemnos, Greece
What happened
Rauf Bey for the Ottoman Empire and Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe for the Allies signed the armistice. By late 1918 the Ottoman Empire was losing World War I. Aboard the British battleship HMS Agamemnon in Moudros harbour, its envoys agreed to stop fighting. The Ottomans surrendered their garrisons outside Anatolia and let the Allies occupy the forts on the Dardanelles and Bosporus.
Why it matters
Why it matters: It ended the war between the Ottomans and the Allies in the Middle East. Its terms were close to a full surrender.
What came next
Allied forces occupied Istanbul. The Turkish War of Independence followed, and the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923 replaced the armistice.
Did you know?
During the Gallipoli Campaign, Moudros harbour had been a major Allied base.
Timeline
- 30 October 1918The Armistice of Mudros is signed.
- 23 April 1920The Grand National Assembly opens in Ankara.
- 24 July 1923Treaty of Lausanne.