What
happened?

Why did it
happen?

A question of
concealment?

Brief
history

Timeline
of events

BRIEF TIMELINE

EXTENDED TIMELINE

1908

Young Turk Revolution

1912 - 1913

Balkan Wars

11 - 13 JUNE 1914

The looting of Phocaea
Greek Phocaeans flee Phocaea for the first time.

1919

The beginning of the Greco-Turkish war.
Greek Phocaeans return to Phocaea on the heels of the Greek army.

1922

Greek Phocaeans flee Phocaea for the second time in 8 years. The end of the Greco-Turkish war.

 

1923

The Exchange of Populations

1992

A group from Palaia Fokaia (Greece) visit Eski Foça (Old Phocaea), Turkey. A lasting friendship is established between the two cities.