From Both Sides Of The Aegean: Expulsion And Exchange Of Populations, Turkey-Greece 1922-1924 backdrop

From Both Sides Of The Aegean: Expulsion And Exchange Of Populations, Turkey-Greece 1922-1924 2013 Directed by Maria Ilioú Από τις Δύο Πλευρές του Αιγαίου: Διωγμός και Ανταλλαγή Πληθυσμών, Τουρκία-Ελλάδα 1922-1924

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.

Countries Greece , USA
Production Countries Greece , USA
Language Greek
Spoken Languages English , Greek , Turkish
Gnere Documentary
Release Date 12 September 2013
87 mins