On the night of September 6th, 1955, a Turkish mob attacked the Greek neighborhoods of Constantinople, looting, burning, raping, killing. That dreadful night, a 19-year-old girl encountered both evil and kindness, in the faces of her Turkish neighbors, people she had known all her life. A story about the Greeks of Constantinople, and about the people next door.
Narrator: Ioustini Papatheochari (pseudonym)
Research: Nikos Mylonas
Podcast Production: Maya Filippopoulou
Sound Design: Dimitris Palaiogiannis
Sound Editing: Manolis Lianis
Istorima is the largest oral history project in Greece. Over 1,000 young researchers seek out storytellers across the country, listening to and preserving memories: stories of love, of place, of change – moments that shaped lives and identities. These are the untold stories that history books leave behind. The initiative was created by journalist Sofia Papaioannou