The 1914 persecutions and the first attempt at an exchange of minorities between Greece and Turkey
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.26, No.2, 1985, pages 389-413
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The first attempt at an Exchange of Minorities between Greece andTurkey in 1914 may be viewed as a precursor of the applications in 1919 and1923-1924. This paper analyses the principles and procedures for the realisationand execution of the project within the sensitive Balkan area in the criticalinterim between the end of the Wars of 1912-1913 and the eruption ofWorld War I.Special emphasis is given to the conception of the idea of exchange onthe part of Turkey ; to the constrained cooperation by Greece, in an atmosphereof blackmail as a result of the persecutions against the Greek populationof Asia Minor and Eastern Thrace; and, primarily, to the problemsencountered by the Mixted Greco-Turkish Commission up to its dissolution in December, 1914.
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