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Yes there is, the 1923 treaty of Lausanne contained provisions for the ethnic cleansing of Greeks and Turks from Turkey and Greece respectively, mutually agreed by both Greece and Turkey.

That was repatriation not ethnic cleansing! You should study the latter to understand it.

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Yes there is, the 1923 treaty of Lausanne contained provisions for the ethnic cleansing of Greeks and Turks from Turkey and Greece respectively, mutually agreed by both Greece and Turkey.

That was repatriation not ethnic cleansing! You should study the latter to understand it.

Whatever it was, the effect was to ethnically cleanse Greek lands of Turks, and Turk lands of Greeks.

As for the applicability of the word repatriation, you would need to establish that the modern Greek state to which these people were repatriated was the country of origin of the Greeks of Pontus and Asia Minor, whose ancestors had been in those lands for perhaps more than a thousand years. Your "Cyprus is not Greek despite the obvious commonalities" thesis suggests that a conclusion of "Pontic and Asia minor Greek-speakers were not Greeks" is also attainable, hence the modern Greek state was not their country of origin, hence it was not repatriation.

In any case, since you're not of Greek origin, and are a foaming-at-the-mouth Greek (and Jew, and Brit, and American, and human) hater, I'm not interested in your opinion of the origin of the exchanged Greek population referred to in this treaty.

Got yourself your fez yet?

[Get Real!]

Yes there is, the 1923 treaty of Lausanne contained provisions for the ethnic cleansing of Greeks and Turks from Turkey and Greece respectively, mutually agreed by both Greece and Turkey.

That was repatriation not ethnic cleansing! You should study the latter to understand it.

Whatever it was, the effect was to ethnically cleanse Greek lands of Turks, and Turk lands of Greeks.

As for the applicability of the word repatriation, you would need to establish that the modern Greek state to which these people were repatriated was the country of origin of the Greeks of Pontus and Asia Minor, whose ancestors had been in those lands for perhaps more than a thousand years. Your "Cyprus is not Greek despite the obvious commonalities" thesis suggests that a conclusion of "Pontic and Asia minor Greek-speakers were not Greeks" is also attainable, hence the modern Greek state was not their country of origin, hence it was not repatriation.

I’m starting to see the grievous crime committed… the ones sent to Greece are now bankrupt!

In any case, since you're not of Greek origin, and are a foaming-at-the-mouth Greek (and Jew, and Brit, and American, and human) hater, I'm not interested in your opinion of the origin of the exchanged Greek population referred to in this treaty.

Oh right... so what do you want then?

Got yourself your fez yet?

I'll ask your mom tonight if I can borrow hers...

[Epiktitos]

I'll ask your mom

Did you American wife teach you to spell?