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Turkey Protests Eight Minority School Suspensions in Western Thrace
Greece cites enrollment data and includes 39 non-minority units in the same regional order. Turkey points to the shrinking minority-school network and has previously contrasted it with Greek schools kept open for a handful of…
Christina Kitsos and the Greek-Swiss Story Behind Geneva’s Mayoral Office
A biographical profile of Christina Kitsos, Geneva’s Greek-Swiss mayor, tracing her family history, Swiss public career, and work in social cohesion.
How Greece Finally Recognized the Bektashi–Alevites of Thrace
A small, distinct community in Thrace is now officially recognized. This is the story behind Greece’s decision and what it reveals about identity, religion, and the state.
Today in History: January 30, 1923, The Treaty That Uprooted 1.6 Million Lives
On this day in 1923, the forced population exchange between Greece and Turkey became law, tearing 1.6 million people from their homes and reshaping the region forever.
My Bulgarian Summer: 1994
“What would your papou say?” my mother said, partly in jest. Her father, my grandfather, like so many Greeks resident in America during the Balkan Wars, rushed back to Greece to fight in the war…
Xanthi, Greece, 1998
In the Eastern Province of Thrace, along its border with its neighbor Bulgaria, ethnic Pomak women gather to shop at a street bazaar. Pomaks are Slavic Muslims inhabiting Bulgaria, northeastern Greece, and northwestern Turkey. Image…
Thrace, Greece, 2004
During the summer months, traditional oil wrestling contests combined with bazaars are held along the borders of Macedonia and Greece. Greeks, Albanians, Turks, and Bulgarians all gather together. Young boys are often invited to imitate…
Xanthi Redux
Thrace always draws me, its beauty, mystery, and somehow its remoteness and foreignness from the “Heart of Greece” captivates me. Last year, visiting relatives in Kavala, with a zippy car and no obligations my destination…
