Treaty of Ankara (1926) Treaty of Ankara (1926) The Treaty of Ankara (1926), also known as The Frontier Treaty of 1926,() was signed 5 June 1926 in Ankara by Turkey, United Kingdom and Iraq. The crisis is referred to as "The Mosul question". The treaty following this issue was created to determine the borders between Turkey and Iraq and to regulate their neighborly relations. One important aspect of the treaty was that Turkey although not owing some regions outside it borders, would have the right to engage in militarily conflict if the region would to be destabilized one day. This sphere of influence which
History of Ankara form of "Ankara". In 278 BC, the city, along with the rest of central Anatolia, was occupied by the Celtic speaking Galatians, who were the first to make Ankara one of their main tribal centres, the headquarters of the Tectosage tribe. Other centres were Pessinos, modern Balhisar, for the Trocmi tribe; and "Tavium", to the east of Ankara, for the Tolstibogii tribe. The city was then known as Ancyra. The Celtic element was probably relatively small in numbers; a warrior aristocracy which ruled over Phrygian-speaking peasants. However, the Celtic language continued to spoken in Galatia for many centuries. At the