The population exchange was envisioned by the new state of Turkey as a way to formalize , and make permanent the flight of its native Greek Orthodox peoples following their genocide ( 1914 – 1922 ) , while initiating a new exodus of a smaller number ( 400,000 ) of Muslims from Greece as a way to provide settlers for the now depopulated Greek Orthodox villages of Turkey ; Greece meanwhile saw it as a way to provide propertyless Greek Orthodox refugees from Turkey with lands of expelled Muslims
genocide
Greek genocide
Population exchange between Greece and Turkey