Collective Memory: The Preservation Key of the Original Identities (The Case of the Muslim Exchanged Population)

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In a worldwide scale, one of the big examples of the 20th century’s exchange population was the one between Greece and Turkey. This compulsory migration has affected not only the history of the two countries but also has influenced the life of more than two million exchanged persons and their descendants, from a point of view of identity and memory. Concerning the Muslim population that makes part of the population exchange, even viewed from many points it was not a homogeneous population, we can observe a collective memory related more particular to their uprooting from its natal territories. This collective transgenerational memory is interesting to study mainly because it acts as a key of identity preservation for a special group of migrants. In resume, this article will be focused on the study of the collective memory of the Muslim population settled in Turkey after the population exchange.

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Population Exchange , Greece , Turkey , Identity , Collective Memory

Turkish journal of sociology

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Turkish journal of sociology