12-13 November 1918: French, & the next day British, troops entered & occupied Constantinople, exceeding the terms of the Armistice of Mudros (30 October), which granted the Entente Powers the forts controlling the Bosphorus & the Dardanelles; this marked the first time Christians had reigned in Constantinople since 1453 & the beginning of the secretly agreed partition of the Ottoman Empire.
Lest we forget.
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