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unusual facts about Population exchange between Greece and Turkey


Population exchange between Greece and Turkey

Ultimately, the Greek authorities decided to deport thousands of Muslims from the Çamëria region, together with myriad others from Larissa, Langada, Drama, Vodina, Serez, Edessa, Florina, Kilkis, Kavala, and Salonika.


Cius

Following the population exchange in 1923, the Greek refugees from Cius established the village of Nea Kios, in Argolis, Greece.

Hamza Bey Mosque

Following the population exchange between Greece and Turkey, the mosque no longer functioned as a religious building and became the property of the National Bank of Greece.

Mudanya

After the Treaty of Lausanne and the Greco-Turkish population exchange agreement, the Greeks of the town were transferred into mainland Greece, establishing a settlement to which they gave the name of their previous town, Nea Moudania (New Moudania, located on the Chalkidiki peninsula, in the Macedonia region of Greece.

Pelitköy

Most of Pelitköy's people moved to Lesbos (Greece) after the Balkan Wars or in the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the early 1920s.

Tsakonian language

There was formerly a Tsakonian colony on the Sea of Marmara (or Propontis; two villages near Gönen, Vatika and Havoutsi), probably dating from the 18th century, whose members were resettled in Greece with the 1924 population exchanges.


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