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Population Transfer Museum

Çatalca Exchange Museum / Mübadele Müzesi

The town's main sight, housed in a red brick neoclassical building erected as a Greek tavern, this museum commemorates the forced population transfer of 1922–26, whereby Greeks living in Turkey were expelled to Greece, while the Turks of Greece were expelled to Turkey.

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Address: Bahar Sk 4
Getting there: 100 m west of town centre
Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00
Website: lozanmubadilleri.org.tr (opens in a new tab)

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