Muğla-Bodrum İlçesi’nde Mübadillerin İskânı Meselesi (1923-1930)
The Issue of Settlement of Population Exchanges in Muğla-Bodrum District (1923-1930)

Author(s): Bayram Akça
Subject(s): Social history, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Migration Studies
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: Muğla-Bodrum District; population exchange; migration;
Summary/Abstract: During the Republican period, the period of migration from the Balkans to Anatolia was the period of population exchange. After the National Struggle ended in victory under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the parties came together in Lausanne. During the negotiations held here, the displacement of the Greeks in Anatolia and the Turks in the Balkans came to the fore, and on this situation, the "Convention and Protocol on the Population Exchange of Turkish and Greek Populations" was signed between Turkey and Greece on January 30, 1923. After this protocol, Turkey established “the Ministry of Population Reconstruction and Settlement” on 13 October 1923 in order to carry out the population exchange in a healthy way. This power of attorney has determined 10 settlement areas in Anatolia for the settlement of the exchanged people. One of them was the 4th Region, which includes İzmir, Aydın, Manisa, Afyon and Muğla. In this period, Bodrum District was one of the 6 districts of Muğla Province where the exchanged people would be settled. On January 13, 1924, the Ministry of Exchange, Reconstruction and Settlement established Exchange Reconstruction and Settlement Commissions under the chairmanship of the Governor in each province and the District Governor in each district in order to carry out the exchange in a healthy way. In Bodrum District, a commission consisting of people such as Property Manager, Forestry Manager and Mayor was formed under the chairmanship of District Governor, Enver Bey. One of the most important issues of the Ministry of Exchange, Development and Settlement was the determination of the places where the exchanged people would settle. In this context, places such as Çarşı Neighborhood , Kumbahçe Neighborhood, Atik Neighborhood, Yahşi Village, in Bodrum District were determined as the settlement areas of the exchanged people.

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