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Greek Like Me

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

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The Smyrna Catastrophe
The Smyrna Catastrophe

What led up to the ethnic cleansing of Anatolia and the destruction of Türkiye’s most beautiful and ethnically diverse city. Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians and Jews were erased from the region for the first time in 2,500 years. Guest Helen Vardakis shares her family’s escape in 1922 from Kemal’s blueprint for genocide.

1922 The Destruction of Smyrna

Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City

Asia Minor of Our Heart.02 Photos Until August 1922

Smyrna, Greek genocide, Ethnic cleansing, Nationalist Turks, Anatolia, the 7 Churches, Armenian genocide, Refugees, culture, ethnic, Greek, history, Ottoman Empire, World War One, Greco-Turkish War, Treaty of Sévres, massacrePamela Diotes Wood#smyrna, #smyrna1922, #greekgenocide, #thesmyrnacatastrophe, #anatolia, #genocidesurvivors, #turkishnationalists, #kemal, #paradiselost, #gilesmilton, #theblightofasia, #thejewelofthemediterranean, #venizelos, #greco-turkishwar, #generationaltrauma, #ethniccleansing, #armenians, #assyrians, #worldwarone, #firstworldwar, #centralpowers, #ententepowers, #betrayal, #colonialism, #treatyofsévres, #treatyoflausanne, #theparthenonmarbles, #lloydgeorge, #georgehorton, #cityoftolerance, #deathofacity, #massacre, #neverforget, #podcast, #greeklikeme, #greekhistory, #history, #ethnic, #greekroots, #greekculture, #ellines, #ελλινεςComment