@article{article_846279, title={THE SETTLEMENT OF THE EMIGRANTS IN İZMİR BETWEEN 1923-1930 ACCORDING TO THE TREATY OF LAUSANNE AND LIQUIDATION REQUISITIONS}, journal={Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi}, volume={20}, pages={579–621}, year={2020}, author={Yıldızer Özkan, Elif and Zengin Çelik, Hayat}, keywords={Lozan Antlaşması, Tasfiye Talepnamesi, Mübadele, İskân Politikası, İzmir, Türkiye, Yunanistan}, abstract={After the Greco-Turkish War, the “Convention concerning the Exchange of Greek and Turkish Populations and Protocol” was signed on January 30, 1923 to solve minority issues between Turkey and Greece. Accordingly, a remarkable alteration process started transforming the social structure and spatial development of the settlements by the exchange of nearly 2 million people. The population exchange played an essential role in the development of the cities in both countries. Understanding the impact of surviving to the present day is quite critical in terms of the perception of the spatial and social development of İzmir in Turkey. This study helps to realize how İzmir, one of the greatest cities in Anatolia, which was influenced by the exchange. Thus, it aims to contribute to detailed information about the emigrants and shed light on the city’s spatial and demographic history via liquidation requisitions and literature researches. Liquidation requisitions, one of the most significant sources that can be used, include the personal information of the emigrant such as his/her name, his/ her family, occupation, and the belongings. In this study, the exact settlement areas of the emigrants settled in İzmir were determined by analyzing 6,414 documents. Furthermore, it also underlines that this compulsory practice is not only a political and economic breaking point for both countries but also that it reveals the distressing experience of the people and cities.}, number={41}, publisher={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi}