Mersin ve Ayvalık’ta sembolik Giritlilik: Ayırt edicilik iddiası ve tanınma ihtiyacı
Journal: OpenMETU (Middle East Technical University)
Year: 2023

The present dissertation explores the way the second- and third-generation Cretans in Ayvalik and Mersin relate to their Cretanness today. They are the descendants of Cretan Muslims who were expelled from the island of Crete within the framework of the Lausanne Convention Concerning the Exchange of Populations signed between Turkey and Greece in 1923 or had sought refuge in Anatolia after the withdrawal of the Ottomans from Crete towards the end of the nineteenth century. The study aims to under