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Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey

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Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey - Hirschon, Renee (Editor)
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Following the defeat of the Greek Army in 1922 by nationalist Turkish forces, the 1923 Lausanne Convention specified the first internationally ratified compulsory population exchange. It proved to be a watershed in the eastern Mediterranean, having far-reaching ramifications both for the new Turkish Republic, and for Greece which hadto absorb over a million refugees. Known as the Asia Minor Catastrophe by the Greeks, it marked the establishment of the independent nation state for the Turks. The consequences of this event ...

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Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey 2003, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781571815620

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Crossing the Aegean: An Appraisal of the 1923 Compulsory Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey 2003, Berghahn Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781571817679

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