The Treaty of Ankara (or the Franklin-Bouillon Agreement; Franco-Turkish Agreement of Ankara) was signed on October 20, 1921 in Ankara, Turkey. The signatories were French diplomat Henri Franklin-Bouillon and the Turkish nationalist foreign minister, Yusuf Kemal Bey. Based on the terms of the agreement, the French agreed to evacuate Cilicia in return for economic concessions from Turkey. In return, the Turkish government (also known as the Grand National Assembly) acknowledged French imperial sovereignty over Syria. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Ankara (Greek: ÃγκυÏα) is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ... Cilicia as Roman province, 120 AD In Antiquity, Cilicia (Κιλικία) was the name of a region, now known as Çukurova, and often a political unit, on the southeastern coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), north of Cyprus. ...
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