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- ↑ Treaty of Lausanne, 1923. League of Nations Treaty Series, Vol. 28, pp. 11–21.
- ↑ Pentzopoulos, Dimitri. The Balkan Exchange of Minorities and Its Impact upon Greece. Hurst & Co., 2002.
- ↑ Permanent Court of International Justice. Interpretation of the Greco-Turkish Agreement of December 1st, 1926, Advisory Opinion, August 28, 1928.
- ↑ Heraclides, Alexis. The Greek-Turkish Conflict in Historical Perspective. Routledge, 2010.
- ↑ League of Nations, Official Journal, 1924–1927.