Özet:

Turkish - Greek Population Exchange, which is the first social, political and economic test of the Republic of Turkey, was took place in a period when State of Turkish Republic was just established and aslo had to deal with many problems. The difficulty of the populatin exchange was foreseen even before the start of the exchange and a new ministry was established to carry out this work. In order to minimize the problems that the immigrans would encounter, they applied the help of the Red Crescent which had been appreciated for its usefulness in wars and migrations in the past years. As a result of the negatiations between Goverment and Red Crescent, having prepared a cooperaiton program, the limits of the services that the society would undertake during the exchange were determined. According to the cooperation program, it is decided that the Red Crescent would assign health delegations at loading and landing docks, keep delegates on the ferries during the journey, set up tents and barracks for temporary shelter, and provide goods and supplies for refugees. The Red Crescent Society, adhering to its work program with the government, sent help committees to various regions of Greece. Two of these delegations sent to Greece were Ptolemais and Kojani help committees. The help committees, which left Istanbul in mid-February and went to their duty regions via Thessaloniki, started their duties towards the end of February. In this study, it is examined the activities of help committees charged by the Red Crescent in Ptolemais and Kojani within the frame of the documents in the Red Crescent Association and evaluated of whom the delegations consist, medical services undertaken during their period, tasks taken on during shipping refugees to Turkey, and food aids for need needful refugees.

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