From the landing of the Greek Army in Smyrna (Izmir) in 1919, to the end of the Greek-Turkish War of 1922, this excerpt explores the deeper causes of the first massive compulsory population exchange of the 20th century. 1.250.000 ...

Lutfi is the son of a Turkish refugee from Grevena and Kyrillos is the son of a Greek refugee from Cappadocia. The two met when Kyrillos visited his father’s home in Cappadocia, into which Lutfi’s family had ...

Greeks and Turks who lost their homes in the population exchange, talk about their old and new homelands in the Pontus, Macedonia and Crete. ...

Greek and Turkish refugees talk about how difficult it was to settle down in their new homes. Their children explore the weight of their parent’s heritage and reveal how deeply this has affected what they are today. ...