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Population exchange between Greece and Turkey, an Uncommon card
The 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey was the mass expulsion of approximately 1,221,489 Greek Orthodox Christians from Asia Minor, Eastern Thrace, the Pontic Alps and the Caucasus, and 355,000–400,000 Muslims from Greece.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 150,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Population exchange between Greece and Turkey quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Most of these people were forcibly made refugees and de jure denaturalized from their ______.
Answer
homelands. Most of these people were forcibly made refugees and de jure denaturalized from their homelands. From the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
It stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January ____, by the governments of Greece and Turkey.
Answer
1920s. It stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey. From the Population exchange between Greece and Turkey article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Most of these people were forcibly made refugees and de jure denaturalized from their homelands.
- It stemmed from the "Convention Concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations" signed at Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 January 1923, by the governments of Greece and Turkey.
- On 16 March 1922, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Kemal Bey, stated that "[t]he Ankara Government was strongly in favour of a solution that would satisfy world opinion and ensure tranquillity in its own country", and that "[i]t was ready to accept the idea of an exchange of populations between the Greeks in Asia Minor and the Muslims in Greece".
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Population exchange between Greece and Turkey article was read about 150,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Population exchange between Greece and Turkey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : William Neuheisel from DC, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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