The 1923 population exchange, refugees and national historiographies in Greece and Turkey

Yildirim O.

EAST EUROPEAN QUARTERLY, vol.40, no.1, pp.45-70, 2006 (SSCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: EAST EUROPEAN QUARTERLY
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)
  • Page Numbers: pp.45-70
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

When historical significance is attached to an occurrence independent of the event, the facts of the case cease to matter. And where subsequent accounts are parasitic on a prior memory, documentation seems almost unnecessary (Amin 10).