Population exchange between Greece and Turkey (1923)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey_(1923)

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Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	census
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Asia_Minor gptkb:Cappadocia gptkb:Crete gptkb:Epirus gptkb:Eastern_Thrace gptkb:Aegean_Macedonia gptkb:Pontus
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Greek-Turkish_population_exchange
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Greece–Turkey_relations gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne Ethnic cleansing in Europe 20th-century forced migrations
gptkbp:date	1923
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Greeks_of_Istanbul gptkb:Muslims_of_Western_Thrace
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	largest compulsory population exchange of the 20th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Population exchange between Greece and Turkey (1923)
gptkbp:impact	economic hardship demographic change decline of Greek communities in Anatolia decline of Muslim communities in Greece urbanization in Greece
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Greece gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:involvedIn	gptkb:Muslims gptkb:Greek_Orthodox_Christians
gptkbp:legalBasis	gptkb:Convention_Concerning_the_Exchange_of_Greek_and_Turkish_Populations
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Greece gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:notableFigure	gptkb:Eleftherios_Venizelos gptkb:İsmet_İnönü
gptkbp:numberOfPeopleExchanged	approximately 1.5 million Greeks approximately 500,000 Muslims
gptkbp:organizedBy	gptkb:League_of_Nations
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Greco-Turkish_War_(1919–1922)
gptkbp:purpose	to create ethnically homogeneous nation-states to resolve minority issues
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:Treaty_of_Lausanne
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:migration gptkb:murder
gptkbp:resultedIn	cultural impact mass displacement loss of property
gptkbp:type	compulsory population exchange
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Istanbul_Greeks gptkb:Greeks_of_Turkey gptkb:Greeks_in_Turkey
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6