ABSTRACT
One day early in January, 1919, a British armored car came into Urfa. In it were a captain (Captain Sharkey) and two soldiers. They went directly to the home of Dr. Kuenzler. In the evening the captain called me for a conference and made a special request: “According to the general terms of the armistice, the British army has no right to occupy Urfa; but one section of that treaty gives us that right if the people of Urfa ask for our protection. We have, therefore, come on behalf of the British commander at Aleppo to invite you to come there to present such a petition to Sir Mark Sykes. He is the British representative in this region.”
