Correct Answer:
A. Treaty of Sevres
Following World War I, the victorious Allied powers embarked on a process to redraw the geopolitical map, particularly targeting the defeated Central Powers, which included the vast Ottoman Empire.
- Correct Option (A) Treaty of Sèvres: Signed on August 10, 1920, the Treaty of Sèvres was the peace agreement between the Allied powers and the Ottoman Empire. This treaty was designed to dismantle and fragment the Ottoman Empire, stripping it of its Arab provinces and significant territories in Anatolia, effectively reducing it to a small state. Although never fully ratified by the Turkish nationalist government, it laid the groundwork for the empire's dissolution.
- Distractors:
- (B) Treaty of Trianon concerned Hungary.
- (C) Treaty of Versailles dealt with Germany.
- (D) Treaty of Warsaw is unrelated to post-WWI Ottoman fragmentation.