From Both Sides Of The Aegean: Expulsion And Exchange Of Populations, Turkey-Greece 1922-1924
movie
Released September 12, 2013
Genres:
Overview
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.
Runtime
1h 27m
Origin Country
Greece
Original Language
Greek
Original Title
Από τις Δύο Πλευρές του Αιγαίου: Διωγμός και Ανταλλαγή Πληθυσμών, Τουρκία-Ελλάδα 1922-1924
Status
Released
Production Countries
- Greece
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English
- ελληνικά (Greek)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
