The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey was the mass expulsion of approximately 1,221,489 Greek Orthodox Christians from Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, the Pontic Alps and the Caucasus, an
The ghost town of Kayaköy (Livisi) in southwestern Anatolia. The Greek village was abandoned during the 1923 population exchange.
Greek and Armenian refugee children in Athens
Muslim refugees
Declaration of Property during the Greek-Turkish population exchange from Yena (Kaynarca) to Thessaloniki (16 December 1927)
Kayaköy
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Kayaköy is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Fethiye, Muğla Province, Turkey. In 2022, its population was 975. Situated 8 kilometres south of Fethiye, it is mostly abandoned. It was
Population exchange between Greece and Turkey
…erected on a budget while receiving the fleeing Asia Minor population. To this day, Greece and Turkey still have properties, and ghost villages such as Kayaköy, that have been left abandoned since the exchange. Caucasus Greeks…
Abandoned houses at Kayaköy
Livissi/Kayaköy village
A panoramic view of a hillside neighbourhood in Kayaköy
A panoramic view of Kayaköy/Leivissi from the High Chapel