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

by Renée Hirschon

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571815627
• ISBN13: 9781571815620
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"