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

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.

Release Date

September 12, 2013

Status

Released

Original Title

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

Runtime

1h 27min

Budget

Revenue

Language

English, Greek, Turkish

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