The legacy of Lausanne: 100 years since the population exchange between Greece and Turkey
January 30th marked the 100 year anniversary of the signing of the Lausanne Convention, which led to the forced expulsion of 1.2 million Greek Orthodox Christians from Turkey and 400,000 Muslims from Greece. This traumatic moment in history fundamentally changed Greece and Hellenism, and its memory is still very much alive and well in Greece. Professor Alexander Kitroeff, a Professor of History at Haverford College who has written extensively on the history of Greece and the Greek diaspora, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the lasting legacy of this traumatic experience, from its impact on Greece to the way it still influences Greek-Turkish relations to this day.
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