The Minority Treaties that were signed at the end of First World War were not only instrumental in establishing the status of minorities in their respective countries but also significant in terms of their impact on nation‐building processes. Through focusing on the post‐Ottoman lands, and specifically on Turkey, this paper examines the tension between the goals of the Allied Powers and the League of Nations, and those of the nationalist political elites in the newly‐created national states.

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民族，少数民族和帝国后土耳其联盟

第一次世界大战结束时签署的《少数民族条约》不仅有助于确立各自国家的少数群体地位，而且在其对建国进程的影响方面也具有重要意义。通过关注后奥斯曼帝国的土地，特别是土耳其，本文考察了盟国和国际联盟的目标与新兴民族国家的民族主义政治精英的目标之间的紧张关系。