ABSTRACT

World War I had come to an end with being signed of Mondros Armistice and Paris Peace Conference had gathered. While Wilson, the President of United States, wanted to make the Conference come true according to the principles which he suggested and were called as ‘’Fourteen Points’’, France and England weren’t ready to admit the principles without changing them. Furthermore, England had had got different ideas about Mesopotamia at the Paris Peace Conference. In this article, our study took shape in the light of the report which was prepared for Lord Curzon by Sir Erle Richards and presented the basic lines of politics which was followed by England for the area of Mesapotamia, the necessity of not giving of these lands to Turkey, the occupation of Mesopotamia by England Army, the special rights of England on Mesopotamia, the promises of England Administration on the next administration, the benefits of England Administration in Mesopotamia, Kurdish matter.