Bolşevikleşme Sürecinde Ermeni-Gürcü İlişkileri ve Türkiye (1917-1921)
Özet
Armenians and Georgians, who had a culture of coexistence, experienced serious disagreements despite the historical rivalry in the process of first de facto, then official independence after the Bolshevik Revolution in Transcaucasia. Armenian-Georgian relations which proceed in the shadow of different problems such as land disputes, Armenian minority and immigrant issues were aggravated with the war in late 1918 after the independence which was a result of conferences with the Ottoman State. From the end of war to the beginnig of 1921 when Transcaucasia finally turned into Soviet rejime, mutual accusations were never ceased to exist between the Georgian Mensheviks and the Armenian Dashnaks, while their search for cooperation between the two countries continued. The Georgians accused the Dashnaks of lying and sowing seeds of hatred in the region. Georgians also blamed the Dashnaks of being the cause of the problems the Armenians had recently experienced in the Ottoman State. The main themes of this era had been shaped by issues like the situation of Neutral Zone which was formed in disputed Lori, land disputes where Alkalkalak and Batum had leading position, problems of transit passage to Armenia, lack of formation of joint foreign policy understanding in terms of approaches towards the Russian Voluntary Army, the Bolsheviks and Turkey and Bolshevizm. Armenia's refusal to join the Azerbaijan-Georgia alliance against the Russian threat from the North prevented Transcaucasia from developing a common foreign policy and military strategy. During the Turkish-Armenian war, alliance of Armenia-Georgia could not be formed but an interim aggrement on Neutral Zone was signed. Turkey had played mostly active or passive role in Armenian-Georgian relations during this period. Beside Batum and Akhalkalak, regions such as Kars, Ardahan, Ahıska and partially the Sandjak of Lazistan were among the controversial or current issues of Turkish, Arnenian and Georgian relations until 1921. Approaches and discourses of Armenians and Georgians towards the Turkish National Struggle also differed in this period.