Italian occupation of Adalia

With the Mudros Armistice (the 30th of October, 1918), the Ottoman Empire accepted the conditions unilaterally dictated by the winning powers; while in Italy, where the idea of a Vittoria mutilata was growing, it was feared that the clause of the Pact of London would be annulled.

This show of force was met by a harsh opposition from the Greek government – not part of the Pact of London – who also aspired to occupy a large territory of Anatolia.

In the absence of the Italian delegation headed by the prime minister Orlando, at the Paris Peace Conference, Greece managed to obtain, from the Supreme Council, permission to intervene on the Aegean coast of Anatolia.

As the Greco-Turkish War spread, the Turkish revolutionaries obtained significant military assistance from Italy, which used the Antalya base to arm and train the troops of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk against the Greeks.

In this last act, Turkey confirmed to Italy the possession of the Dodecanese and recognized for the first time the Italian sovereignty over Libya, but did not grant it any area subject to economic influence or military occupation in Anatolia.