Asian side
Agia Paraskevi Community, Beykoz
Beykoz
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Tenedos (Bozcaada)
Panagia Community, Tenedos
Tenedos (Bozcaada)
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Imbros (Gökçeada)
Schinoudi (Dereköy) Community
Dereköy, Imbros
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Pera (Beyoğlu) – Şişli
Stavrodromi (Beyoğlu) Community
Beyoğlu
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History and today
The Rum of Istanbul, Imbros and Tenedos, from Lausanne to the families coming home.
- 130.000+
- Rum stayed in Istanbul, Imbros and Tenedos in 1923Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 68–69
- Rum community foundationsHürriyet Daily News, 2013
- 2.000–3.500
- Rum live in Turkey today (estimates)Minority Rights Group, 2018
- 53
- pupils in the three Greek schools of Imbros (2020)Wikipedia: Imbros
- 1923
Treaty of Lausanne
The Rum of Istanbul, Imbros and Tenedos are exempted from the population exchange, and more than 130,000 stay. Article 14 promises Imbros and Tenedos special local administration, which was never put into practice.
- 1964
The 1964 expulsionsİstanbul
Turkey denounces the 1930 Convention of Establishment. More than 12,000 Greek nationals are expelled within two years, with 20 kg of luggage and 220 lira each; thousands of relatives with Turkish citizenship leave with them. The community falls from about 80,000 to 30,000.
- 2015
Imbros opens a school againImbros
On 28 September, 51 years later, the Imbros middle and high school opens in Tepeköy (Agridia) with 11 pupils, following the primary school reopened in 2013. Families are moving back to the island.
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