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The 1923 Republic and the Myth of Homogeneity
While we often look to Atatürk’s reforms for the birth of modern Turkey, the true story of 1923 is one of radical social engineering that reshaped the human landscape of Anatolia. This episode explores the Treaty of Lausanne not just as a diplomatic victory, but as the legal framework for the first major population exchange in modern history. We examine how the compulsory resettlement between Greece and Turkey displaced over a million people, erasing centuries of coexistence. Lucas traces the journey from the ruins of the Ottoman Empire to the newly defined borders, focusing on the human cost…
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