In Nea Karvali, just east of Kavala, the Historical Ethnological Museum of the Greeks of Cappadocia preserves the story of the Orthodox Christian community forced to leave central Anatolia during the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey. The museum, housed in the community's cultural centre, displays heirlooms, religious items, clothing and photographs brought by refugee families as they rebuilt their lives on the Kavala coast. Local associations still hold events tied to Cappadocian heritage, keeping alive a community identity distinct from the rest of the wider Kavala area.
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Nea Karvali Museum Preserves the Memory of Kavala's Cappadocian Greek Refugees
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The Historical Ethnological Museum of the Greeks of Cappadocia in Nea Karvali documents the community that resettled near Kavala after the 1923 population exchange.
