For centuries the Kurdish people have been under foreign control in Turkey, Syria and Iraq and now finally Alişan Bey has announced the formation of the Kurdish Socialist State under the Kurdish Socialist Peoples Party the first free Kurdish country ruled by the Kurds. Large celebrations have been called in all major cities and a national holiday for the formation of the new nation state.


With the formation of a new Kurdish state the land currently owned is not industrialized and is still mostly an agrarian nation. Alişan Bey has announced plans for factories to be built and mines to exploit the resources in the area to build up the Kurdish economy.

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10th December 1922

The relative outcry from the Indian National Congress, and growing tension across the nation, has led to the passing of the so-called 'Act of Self-Governmental Drift and Declining Prevalence of British Rule in India' or 'Act of Self-Government' by Westminster. Whilst it has not provided equal rights as the dominions, it is a monumentous occasion in the movement towards such status in the Empire.

The act itself was pushed by the 'Lion of the Council', Sikh politician Japinder Gadwar Singh- who, after repeated attempts at forcing an answer, managed to get the specific details of self-governmental movement. The provided information soon became the 'Act of Self-Government' with the following clauses.

• The Secretary of State would control affairs relating to Government of India
  
• The Central Legislature would comprise two chambers- The Council of State and the Indian Legislative Assembly
  
• The Central Legislature was empowered to enact laws on any matter for whole of India.
  
• The Governor General was given powers to summon, prorogue, dissolve the Chambers, and to promulgate Ordinances.
  
• The number of Indians in Viceroy's Executive Council would be three out of eight members.
  
• Establishment of bicameral Provincial Legislative councils.
  
• Dyarchy in the Provinces- Reserved subjects like Finance, Law and Order, Army, Police etc.
  
  Transferred subjects like Public Health, Education, Agriculture, Local Self-government etc.
  
• There would henceforth be direct election and an extension of Communal franchise
  
• The Indian Commission will be setup to meet once more, in 1932, to discuss further action

Elections are expected to take place in the following months as the federal districts are decided upon. The election laws are expected to be similar to as before: though perhaps with greater emphasis upon native voting rights in the local councils.

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In other news, the Universities of Calcutta, Delhi and Rangoon have been given a 70% Indian enrollment quota: all prospective Indian intellectuals have the right and duty to enroll in such academic institutions. Law and politics are recieving particular attention, a direct result of the growing calls for Indian independence.

Furthermore, the place of the Indian Army (as opposed to the British Army in India) is being questioned over whether it is a tool of the British Empire... or the Indian Empire. Whether it should be under the new Indian control or that of London: whatever the case, it is known that the staff of the army are being increasingly replaced by their Indian counterparts, trained in Sandhurst. However the growing native officership are requesting the creation of an Indian military academy to streamline the process.

The Treaty of Sevres (Alternative) has been signed with that Armenia, Kurdistan and Turkey rise out of the ashes to forge their own nation states. The Kingdom of Greece has secured its place in Anatolia and the nations have started a series of population exchanges as Turks, Kurds, Armenians and Greeks have massive population transfers the Russian Empire and Kingdom of Greece reached a new set of terms in which Constantinople is handed over to the Kingdom of Greece but Russian Military bases are kept in place in the region of Thrace. The Bosphorous is also greatly protected by Russian naval forces who ensure its "safety".

The Kingdom of Greece has expanded the population exchange to Constantinople which has Armenians, Kurds and Turks being sent to their respective nations and in return Greeks from other parts of Anatolia have easily available housing.

Pontic Greeks from Turkey and Armenia are quite welcome in Greece, but the Greeks won another victory is the safety of the Cappadocian Greek people in the British Mandate of Southern Anatolia.

• The Establishment of a Modern Turkish State as a Protectorate of Great Britain and France
  
  
• The Establishment of the Mandate of Southern Anatolia under Great Britain
  
  
• The Establishment of a Kurdish State ( As a French Protetorate) Amended
  
  
• The Concession of Land to the Kingdom of Greece
  
  
• The Concession of Land to the Kingdom of Persia
  
  
• The Demilitarization of Turkey
  
  
• The Establishment of a Greater Armenian State with concessions from Turkey and Russia
  
  
• The Population Exchange of Turks, Armenians, Kurds, Greeks to ensure an end to ethnic issues. (Excluding British Mandate of Southern Anatolia)
  
  
• The Turks cede all Claim Constantinople

Proposed Borders[i.imgur.com]

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The South African government has grown wary of Louis Weichardt's movement, the South African Gentile National Socialist Movement, due to the fact that they have been found terrorizing Boers and trying to enter the Bechuanaland Protectorate, which is a protectorate that is now under the South African Adminastration, including the Southern half which is open for whites which has been incorporated into South Africa and where Boers have been giving free land as thanks in there efforts in Russia and the upcoming potential war. Prime Minister Jan Smuts has asked Parliament and the Prime Minister in England as to what he should do regarding these, terrorists. He has stated to the Movement, 'If the Police see anyone trying to enter the Bechuanaland Protectorate, they will be shot without a moments hesitation. We will uphold the Crowns agreement with the Natives and any white man or woman trying to enter will be shot immediately.'