' At the beginning of the last century, Drama was an ottoman garrison town. In 1911, on the eve of the Balkan wars which wrested the area from ottoman control, there were 11,000 muslims and only 2500 orthodox christians living in the town. This meant that the overwhealming majority of its ottoman-era residents were forced to leave under the population exchange, while most of its current residents descend from orthodox christian refugees who arrived from places like Samsun in th early 1920's. With a near completeness that is rare even in Northern Greece, this place literally swapped populations. Today Drama is essentially a Pontic Greek town. '
Twice a Stranger
Bruce Clark Pg 16
Osiris , while in Istanbul couldnt get away from makedonski speakers and now he claims to know someone from Drama and Kavala and even Tasos. Next he will tell me he has met makedonci from Grevena and Katerini and at the foot of Mt Olympus!!!
Give it up oldtimer, who are you trying to fool bre.
Twice a Stranger
Bruce Clark Pg 16
Osiris , while in Istanbul couldnt get away from makedonski speakers and now he claims to know someone from Drama and Kavala and even Tasos. Next he will tell me he has met makedonci from Grevena and Katerini and at the foot of Mt Olympus!!!
Give it up oldtimer, who are you trying to fool bre.
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