Uygur F., Dinçer H., Yorgun İ.
Interpersona, cilt.20, sa.2, ss.1-28, 2026 (Scopus)
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Yayın Türü:
Makale / Tam Makale
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Cilt numarası:
20
Sayı:
2
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Basım Tarihi:
2026
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Doi Numarası:
10.54899/iij.v20i2.973
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Dergi Adı:
Interpersona
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Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler:
Scopus, Sociology Source Ultimate (EBSCO), Psicodoc, Psycinfo, Directory of Open Access Journals, DIALNET
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Sayfa Sayıları:
ss.1-28
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Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu:
AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
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Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli:
Evet
Özet
The failure of the Treaty of Sèvres and the rise of the Turkish National Movement transformed Franco-Turkish relations after the First World War, forcing France to search for new diplomatic channels in Anatolia. In this context, French politician and unofficial envoy Franklin Bouillon emerged as a key intermediary between Paris and Ankara during the negotiations that led to the Ankara Agreement of October 1921. Rather than presenting the agreement solely as a strategic adjustment in French foreign policy, the article argues that Bouillon’s personal rapport with Mustafa Kemal Atatürk helped create the conditions for political rapprochement between France and the Turkish National Movement. Drawing on French diplomatic archives, parliamentary records, contemporary newspapers, and recent historiography, the study explores how personal trust, symbolic gestures, and informal diplomatic practices enabled negotiations to progress beyond the rigid framework of the Treaty of Sèvres. It further demonstrates how controlled communication and unofficial channels contributed to the legitimization of the Ankara government in the eyes of France. By focusing on the interaction between individual agency and diplomatic culture, the article suggests that political outcomes in the early interwar period often depended as much on personal relationships as on formal state policy.