Thrace

Thrace is the north-eastern most part of Greece, sharing a border with Turkey and Bulgaria. Before Greece became the modern nation that it is, it was under Turkish rule and many Turks lived all over Greece, and many Greeks lived all over Turkey. In the 1920's there was a massive population exchange, all Greeks in Turkey were sent to Greece and all Turks in Greece to Turkey All except for the Turks in Thrace and the Greeks in Istanbul (Constantinople?) The Greeks in Istanbul have since been forced into Greece, but Thrace continues to have a large Turkish population, so even though we were still in Greece, we frequently came across Mosques and Turkish Greeks.