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- The Legacy of Near East Relief
The Republic of Turkey was recognized as a continuation of the Ottoman Empire under the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923. The Treaty also forced a population exchange: 1.1 million ethnic Greeks left their homes in Turkey for Greece, and 380,000 Muslims living in Greece moved to Turkey. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk served as president until his death in 1938. To date, Turkey has not acknowledged the events of 1915 – 1922 as genocide.
