Wild Fig Tree

Wild Fig Tree

A blog of History and Travel Tips, in Northern Greece

Farm building in Cukuryurt, Turkey

Visiting Cukuryurt, the former Greek Tchouhouri in Turkey (Intro)

In july of 2008 my father and I visited the village of Cukuryurt, known as Tchouhouri. See pictures …

The Lost Language – Modern Greek-Pharasiot Dictionary

The Lost Language – Modern Greek-Pharasiot Dictionary

In the summer of 2009 my father, Georgios Papastefanou completed ten years of work, aided by his lat…

The 1923 Greek-Turkish exchange of populations and the reformulation of Greek national identity (PDF)

I came across this paper on The 1923 Greek-Turkish exchange of populations and the reformulation of …