Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun tasfiyesi süresince Amerikan politikası

Birinci Dünya Savaşı'na Nisan 1917'de katılan Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, savaşın İtilaf Devletleri tarafından kazanılmasında önemli bir rol oynadı. Bunun yanında ülkesini bu büyük savaşa sokan Amerikan Başkanı Woodrow Wilson, 8 Ocak 1918'de savaş sonrası yapılacak düzenlemelerde uyulması için "On Dört Nokta"yı Amerikan Senatosu'nda ilan etti. Savaş sonrası yapılan barış düzenlemelerinde yenik durumdaki Osmanlı İmparatorluğu da konu edilmişti. Ancak İtilaf Devletleri, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu ile yapılacak barışı, önemli savaş amaçlarından birisi olan "Doğu Sorunu"nun çözümü, başka bir ifadeyle Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun tasfiyesi olarak ele almışlar, Başkan Wilson'un liderliğindeki Amerika da konuya bu şekilde müdahil olmuştu. Barış görüşmeleri sırasında Başkan Wilson'un kendi ilan ettiği prensipleri yadsıyarak, Türklerin çoğunluğu oluşturduğunu bilmesine karşın, İzmir'in Yunanlılar tarafından işgaline izin verdiği gibi, Doğu Anadolu'da da büyük bir "Ermeni Devleti"nin kurulmasını teşvik ettiği görülmüştü.

American policy towards the dissolution process of the Ottoman Empire

The United States of America, entered the World War I in April 1917, had played an important role in the victory of Entente Powers. On January 8, 1918, United States President Woodrow Wilson, delivered Congress that named "The Fourteen Points" to be used as the guide for the post-war peace settlements. The future of the defeated Ottoman Empire also had been negotiated in the post-war peace settlements. However, in these negotiations the Entente Powers regarded the Turkish settlement as the solution of the "Eastern Question", in other words the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire which was the important war aim for them. This Entente Powers' policy towards the Ottoman Empire had been pursued by the U.S.A. Thus, in the peace negotiations President Wilson disregarded his "Fourteen Points". In this sense, he permitted the Greek invasion of İzmir and supported the establishment of a "Great Armenia" in Eastern Anatolia in spite of knowing that the majority of the population was the Turks.

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