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Negotiations were undertaken during the Conference of Lausanne at which İsmet İnönü was the chief negotiator for Turkey.

Lord Curzon, the British Foreign Secretary of that time, was the chief negotiator for the Allies, while Eleftherios Venizelos negotiated on behalf of Greece.

The negotiations took many months.

On 20 November 1922, the peace conference was opened and after strenuous debate was interrupted by Turkish protest on 4 February 1923.

After reopening on 23 April, and following more protests by the Turks and tense debates, the treaty was signed on 24 July as a result of eight months of arduous negotiation.

The delegation on behalf of the Allies included negotiators such as the U. S. Admiral Mark L. Bristol, who served as the United States High Commissioner and championed Turkish efforts.