Tozun Bahcheli’s scientific contributions

... Similarly, Venizelos wanted Greeks to remain in "Constantinople" as a reminder of the Megali Idea and to prevent the need for the Rum Patriarchate to be relocated from Istanbul to Greece (Oran 2003, 99). As a compromise between Inönü's and Venizelos' aims, the Rums of Bozcaada, Gökçeada and Istanbul (whose total number exceeded 100,000) and the Muslims of Western Thrace (numbered about 124,000) in Greece were excluded from the compulsory exchange of populations (Akgönül 2004;Bahcheli 1990;Oran 2003;Mazower 2000;Hirschon 2003). The population exchange between Turkey and Greece and the rights of the remaining minorities formed a part of the Treaty of Lausanne. ...

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A Diverse Island in a Homogenising Context