The worst part of Population Exchange is the number of Turks. Turks have been fleeting from Greece since its independence (1821). However, Exchange was mostly focusing recent immigrations. Probably it is true also for Greeks
When the first time Greece's decleration of independence, they didn't have many lands so obviously people who escaped from Ottomans and decided to fight for Greece, went to Morea too. Not much as Greek Macedonia, but also not untouched by Asia Minor. Also even in the research, not all West Asian Greeks are different from Peloponnesian
Did someone tell something about a simple wiki research? :grin:
"In the early 20th century, Patras developed fast and became the first Greek city to introduce public streetlights and electrified tramways.[12] The war effort necessitated by the first World War hampered the city's development and also
created uncontrollable urban sprawl after the influx of displaced persons from Asia Minor after the 1922 population exchange between Greece and Turkey."
This is from Wiki about Greek city Patras.
there is discussion among 2 high level politicians ( I think one is Kapodistrias (Capo d' Istria was alternative name for the Greek community hiden company like the Philiki of Trieste -Tergest after 1720's)
and it is said that none Turk left in that time modern Greece, by the term Turk or προσκυνημενοι (those who kneel) Greeks mean muslims and that include not only Turks but other Muslim nationalities also, like Albanians,
the
the exchange of 1922 has 3 rules
Rule 1 the Greeks who arrive will occupy each Turkish property of those who left as exchanged population to Turkey,
the Turk who stay will might keep max 100 000 m2 or 10 % of their property according the qitap (land register) with min the house or 8-10 000 m2
That is about 80% of Pontic people who stayed at the villages or at the tsiflik of the Turks who left 1 year before, and about 30 % of minor Asian (Smyrna) at what was called Nees ktiseis or New Greece (Greek expansion after 1860, Makedonia Epirus some islands and a part of Thessaly the ones called Vakuf (Ottoman properties like camps or forests who stayed as common property before, etc etc)
rule 2 Those who will go to old Greece (before 1860) will accept some British sauvereign or some other currency as help but not land to cultivate, since the land is given and is registered
alternative the state kept the money and bought land (απαλοτριωσις) and share a small piece of land able enough to build a typical poor home of tha era.
that is major part of minor Asians (Smyrna) about 50% and 10 % of Pontic, most them are those who raise the industrial effort of the big cities.of 30's till late 70's,
that was the major labour dynamic of the time, they mostly become working class for 2 generations. and is focused in certain areas, like Pireus Athens Volos Herakleion Mytiline Thessaloniki
and mostly have names of the area they come, like Nea Smyrne (New Izmir) Kordellio (karsiyaka) Nea Ionia (Yunan= Ιων=Ιοnian) etc
Rule 3
where the church has property big land area (do not remember the size), or areas that were in progress to dry for farming 50% will pass to refuggees (new land),
At peloponese there are 2 villages of minor Asians (Smyrna) at Heleia preferacture, but since they are after 1920's surely excluded from the search.
BUT Peloponese took the lowest almost zero of exchange population, since there was no Turkish property or exchangable population.
About Patras I do not know if there was previous devastation, from minor Asia, but if it was it should be merchants guild devastation, as also was at Smyrna,
but early 20th century is at least 40 after the limit of the search border 1860 if remember coorect, (I might be wrong)
Other interesting data that might be interest the Forum members,
Well Albanians have a point of view through Fallamyer, but they do not know that,
At 1821 Cretans came to fight, Karaiskakis died at Κρητων αναχωμα (Cretan defence) but none become Greek citizen, they remained Ottoman citizens,
at 1821 at Makedonia happened many revolts, most remarkable was Emm Pappas from Serres Georgakis |Olympios and |Diamantis Nikolaou ( from Pieria Makedonia)
all these and their men none become Greek citizen, all remained Ottoman citizens and went back,
Can you imagine how Makedonian Diamantis Nikolaou felt when he revolt,
he liberated 3 islands he had his own battaglion gave battles there where no one dared to do,
But he returned as Ottoman citizen back to his lands?
can you imagine the rebels of Pappas who revolt almost conguer Thessaloniki (and they would do so, if ...) went to new Greece to see their leader die
and then return back as Ottoman citizens,
I will not expand to this why Fallmayer took wrong vision of Greece.
400 years of raya, what he expected to see? Greek man philosophizing? or naked man make gymnastics? maybe symposiums with Sokrates?
the 200 Pontic Greeks who followed Ypsilantis (majority went to Romania to revolt, Greek revolution started there)
went back to Ottoman empire and seen their leader die at Vienna, and his sister married to Crete, still as Ottoman citizens,
for the above reasons I am certain that the Greek from Asia admixture if the search is before 1860 is not at considerable level.