An Evaluation of the Legal Consequences of Tevfik Rüşdü Aras’s Unilateral Statement of 31 July 1936 in the Light of Current Developments

Uğur Bayıllıoğlu

Makale detayları

An Evaluation of the Legal Consequences of Tevfik Rüşdü Aras’s Unilateral Statement of 31 July 1936 in the Light of Current Developments

Yazarlar:

Uğur Bayıllıoğlu

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hukuk

Dergi:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.27 Issue 2, pp.355-397

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001288258

pISSN:

2651-4141

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 A statement of Turkish Foreign Minister Tevfik Rüşdü Aras in his speech before the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 31 July 1936 constitutes an important part of the Turkish-Greek conflict over the demilitarized status of Lemnos and Samothrace. However, this statement does not constitute a unilateral action that can have legal consequences against Turkey. Because unilateral statement by Aras does not comply with the principles and criteria accepted in international judicial decisions regarding the formation and validity of unilateral acts. The unilateral statement corcerned is of political in nature and is a reflection of the Turkish-Greek relations of the period based on mutual good feelings. However, Greece uses this statement as one of the reasons why the status of Lemnos and Samothrace has changed. Moreover, Greece asserted this in its newly dated notes, among its official theses. Therefore, in the context of the status of Lemnos, in terms of Aras statement, the discussion made at the doctrinal level in the 1980s has also been the subject of official theses and gained great importance today. In this respect, it is beneficial to examine the issue and to support Turkish theses on this subject with new and additional arguments.

 A statement of Turkish Foreign Minister Tevfik Rüşdü Aras in his speech before the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 31 July 1936 constitutes an important part of the Turkish-Greek conflict over the demilitarized status of Lemnos and Samothrace. However, this statement does not constitute a unilateral action that can have legal consequences against Turkey. Because unilateral statement by Aras does not comply with the principles and criteria accepted in international judicial decisions regarding the formation and validity of unilateral acts. The unilateral statement corcerned is of political in nature and is a reflection of the Turkish-Greek relations of the period based on mutual good feelings. However, Greece uses this statement as one of the reasons why the status of Lemnos and Samothrace has changed. Moreover, Greece asserted this in its newly dated notes, among its official theses. Therefore, in the context of the status of Lemnos, in terms of Aras statement, the discussion made at the doctrinal level in the 1980s has also been the subject of official theses and gained great importance today. In this respect, it is beneficial to examine the issue and to support Turkish theses on this subject with new and additional arguments.

 A statement of Turkish Foreign Minister Tevfik Rüşdü Aras in his speech before the Turkish Grand National Assembly on 31 July 1936 constitutes an important part of the Turkish-Greek conflict over the demilitarized status of Lemnos and Samothrace. However, this statement does not constitute a unilateral action that can have legal consequences against Turkey. Because unilateral statement by Aras does not comply with the principles and criteria accepted in international judicial decisions regarding the formation and validity of unilateral acts. The unilateral statement corcerned is of political in nature and is a reflection of the Turkish-Greek relations of the period based on mutual good feelings. However, Greece uses this statement as one of the reasons why the status of Lemnos and Samothrace has changed. Moreover, Greece asserted this in its newly dated notes, among its official theses. Therefore, in the context of the status of Lemnos, in terms of Aras statement, the discussion made at the doctrinal level in the 1980s has also been the subject of official theses and gained great importance today. In this respect, it is beneficial to examine the issue and to support Turkish theses on this subject with new and additional arguments.

 Türk Dışişleri Bakanı Tevfik Rüşdü Arasın, Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi önünde yaptığı, 31 Temmuz 1936 tarihli konuşmadaki bir beyanı, Limni ve Semadirekin silahsızlandırılmış statüsü konusundaki TürkYunan uyuşmazlığının önemli bir parçasını oluşturmaktadır. Lakin bu beyan, Türkiye aleyhine bir hukuki sonuç doğurma kabiliyetini haiz bir tek taraflı işlem teşkil etmemektedir. Zira Arasın tek taraflı beyanı, tek taraflı işlemlerin oluşum ve geçerliliğine ilişkin uluslararası yargı kararlarında kabul edilen ilke ve kriterlerle bağdaşmamaktadır. Söz konusu tek taraflı beyan, siyasi bir nitelik arz etmekte olup, dönemin karşılıklı iyi duygulara dayanan TürkYunan ilişkilerinin bir yansımasıdır. Lakin Yunanistan bu beyanı, Limni ve Semadirekin statüsünün değiştiğine ilişkin gerekçelerden birisi olarak kullanmaktadır. Üstelik Yunanistan bunu, yeni tarihli notalarında, resmi tezleri arasında ileri sürmüştür. Dolayısıyla Limninin statüsü bağlamında, Arasın beyanı açısından 1980lerde doktrinel düzeyde yapılan tartışma, bugün resmi tezlere de konu olmuş ve büyük önem kazanmıştır. Bu itibarla, meselenin mutlaka incelenmesi ve bu konudaki Türk tezlerinin yeni ve ek argümanlarla desteklenmesinde fayda bulunmaktadır.

Makale detayları

An Evaluation of the Legal Consequences of Tevfik Rüşdü Aras’s Unilateral Statement of 31 July 1936 in the Light of Current Developments

Yazarlar:

Uğur Bayıllıoğlu

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hukuk

Dergi:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.27 Issue 2, pp.355-397

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001288258

pISSN:

2651-4141

Devletin tek taraflı işlemleri

Doğu Ege Adalarının Silahsızlandırılmış Statüsü

Türk Boğazları

Türk–Yunan İlişkileri

siyasi beyanlar.Devletin tek taraflı işlemleri

Doğu Ege Adalarının Silahsızlandırılmış Statüsü

Türk Boğazları

Türk–Yunan İlişkileri

siyasi beyanlar.

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Uğur Bayıllıoğlu

Yayıncı: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar: Hukuk

Dergi: Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.27 Issue 2, pp.355-397

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 4/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001288258

pISSN: 2651-4141

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Uğur Bayıllıoğlu

Yayıncı:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Ana Başlıklar:

Hukuk

Dergi:

Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi Vol.27 Issue 2, pp.355-397

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

4/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001288258

pISSN:

2651-4141