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From Both Sides Of The Aegean: Expulsion And Exchange Of Populations, Turkey-Greece 1922-1924
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From Both Sides Of The Aegean: Expulsion And Exchange Of Populations, Turkey-Greece 1922-1924

(Από τις Δύο Πλευρές του Αιγαίου: Διωγμός και Ανταλλαγή Πληθυσμών, Τουρκία-Ελλάδα 1922-1924)

20131h 27mDocumentary

Overview

Maria Iliou documents the ethnic cleansing and violent expulsion of Greeks from the Ottoman Empire. In the first compulsory "exchange of populations" in the modern world, 1.2 million Greek Orthodox and 400,000 Muslims were forcibly relocated from Turkey to Greece and Greece to Turkey respectively.

Created By

Director
Maria Ilioú
Status
Released
Original Title
Από τις Δύο Πλευρές του Αιγαίου: Διωγμός και Ανταλλαγή Πληθυσμών, Τουρκία-Ελλάδα 1922-1924
Production Countries
Greece, United States of America