ABSTRACT

Before World War I, the Ottoman Empire who want to take precautions against threats from air, tried to make regulations relating to the airspace. After the examinations, by a regulation drawn up on June 4, 1914 Ottoman air space was determined. During World War I, aircraft of the Allied forces violated Ottoman’s airspace.

Almost all of the air forces of the Ottoman was discharged after the Mudros Armistice. Confiscated Ottoman aircraft were destroyed. After that, Ottoman State, had to distribute the air organization. The Allies seized control of the air space in the occupied areas. The Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT)that has been working with the goal of full independence, is supposed to be a complete and unconditional sovereign of the air space. Indicating the stability after Mudanya armistice GNAT was dominated airspace as a full and unconditional by Treaty of Lausanne.