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Title: Levissi: A Mysterious Ghost Town & the Sorrowful Story of Kayakoy
Published: 2019-03-16
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWeCUpnLpTI
Title: Levissi: A Mysterious Ghost Town & the Sorrowful Story of Kayakoy
Published: 2019-03-16
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWeCUpnLpTI
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[Music] for over 500 years until the early 1920s Hayaku formerly known as levissi was a thriving community of 10,000 where Muslim Turks and Greek Orthodox Christians lived side by side and in harmony the Moslems lived on the valley floor as farmers while the Christians live on the hillside and work as artisan the two communities were closely linked by trade and help each other in times of2/13
need they exchanged food and sweets at weddings and religious festivities Muslim musicians played at Greek Orthodox festivities children went to school and played together in the lanes while man of both religions hung out at local cafes smoking water pipes and playing backgammon then came the infamous conclusion of the greco-turkish war in 1923 kayakoy was suddenly emptied of its nearly 7,000 Greek Christian inhabitants Turkey's Christian citizens3/13
and Greece's Muslims were exposed from their homes in a population exchange meant to ensure that each country had only one main religion the town's name changed from the BC to kyocho Rock village now commonly refer to as the ghost town today as we can see the hillside of Kyoto remains deserted as a ghost town never having recovered from the mass exodus in 1923 the homes schools4/13
shops cafes and churches have been left to crumble thankfully a few years ago the Turkish Ministry of Culture rescued the hillside from mass development by granting it museum status and today kayaker Valley is home to artists poets writers shops quaint Inns and B MVS and unique cafes lobos's is a magical wine bar and restaurant inside this 500 plus year old stone building there is a small5/13
winery and cellar a romantic courtyard and a terrace restaurant above with a million-dollar view [Music] simply Wow in you see just check out this entry of 500 plus years stone steps first I have to check out the ancient seller and their wine selection of course the small seller carries not only their own wine production but also dozens of others select wines from the region I wouldn't6/13
describe the small batch house produced vibrant and fruity red wine as extraordinary but when paired with their tastefully selected gourmet cheese plate the history and atmosphere the view and of course the company he a recipe for a memorably delicious experience [Music] [Music] there are no words to describe the experience of sitting on this terrace sipping a glass of vibrant red and reflecting upon the stunning but7/13
also melancholic view of the ruins of the past sobering breathtaking melancholic you must experience this when it boils down to it had they had something like your referendum before this exchange I can guarantee you they wouldn't have had a single vote from this side the Greeks Orthodox Greeks here who would have agreed and said yes yes.2 leaving their homes leaving their 500 years roots and past8/13
and moving to a land unknown to them vice versa had they asked a single Turk in Greece whether they wanted to come to Turkey come back to Turkey after hundreds of years being in Greece they wouldn't have had a single vote one Turks saying yes we wanted to do that it caused unhappiness for both sides for everyone on each side the moral of the story being9/13
who did they represent whether the government there or the government here for whose interest was this exchange decided upon implemented that's the question right who did they represent what was it for two governments one decision and thousands thousands of people unhappy with lives pretty much destroyed and you know what it's not historic either because we have been living through the same types of examples before then10/13
after that currently think about many of these migrations forced migrations I don't know I don't want to sound like I am some sort of an anarchist but how do they make these decisions really for whom do they make these decisions and why nobody's voices got to be heard in this particular distinction it was about their lives it became a very devastating a very devastating decision for11/13
thousands of people do we learn from the history [Music] this is what I mean you come to this place and it's impossible to not to get melancholic not in a bad way I'm not saying it in a negative babe but I'm talking about in a way that makes you think it makes you reflect upon history it makes you think about the ramifications and how about learning12/13
lessons about not repeating mistakes like these why does it have to be history [Music] you [Music] as humans we all treasure our roots our birth places our communities those be live and share life with similarly we are all connected by the searing pain of displacement forced migration or even economically induced relocations weather in the west south or the east we innately relate to those heartbreaks and