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

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

87 mins | Documentary | Sept. 12, 2013

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.

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

87 mins | Documentary | Sept. 12, 2013

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.
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Original title Από τις Δύο Πλευρές του Αιγαίου: Διωγμός και Ανταλλαγή Πληθυσμών, Τουρκία-Ελλάδα 1922-1924
Directors Maria Ilioú
Writers Maria Ilioú