A Gender Analysis of the Population Exchange Between Greece and Turkey

Abstract

Abstract One hundred years after people were forcibly driven from their ancestral lands, this article traces the gender aspect of the Turkish-Greek population exchange from an ethnographic perspective. This aspect certainly differs with respect to the refugees’ place of origin, place of residence, social class, and the cultural capital they brought from their previous lives. The experiences were diverse, in some cases similar, and cut across religious boundaries. Based on memoirs, literary works, and oral history, this article draws a comparative picture of refugee lives before and after their displacement.