In Turkey and Greece, the legacy of the 1923 ‘population exchange’ lives on in the memories of descendants 

A hundred years ago today, two nations that emerged out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire came to an agreement that would change the lives of millions of people. In 1923, Turkey and Greece enforced a “population exchange” of ethnic minorities within their borders. As Durrie Bouscaren reports, the pain of the separation lives on in the memories of their descendants. 

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