Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea (Oct 2015)
Un exemple de la perception de la frontière en Méditerranée: l’étude de la frontière entre la Grèce et la Turquie
Abstract
The Mediterranean region has always been during its long history a theater of migratory movements. During the 19th and 20th centuries this region has witnessed migrations related to the formation of Nation-States, wars and for some countries, the efforts of States to homogenize their population. The formation of national borders of the new States has forced some populations of the Mediterranean area to move towards the territories of other neighboring States. The migration of Anatolian Greeks to Greece and Turks from Greece to Turkey is one of the best examples of these obligatory movements of populations that had as a result a different perception of the Greek-Turkish border rather than a usual national border between two countries.
