What was the primary ethnic group inhabiting Imbros until the 1960s?
Ethnic Greeks
Turks
Kurds
Armenians
Answer
Ethnic Greeks were the primary inhabitants of Imbros until the 1960s. Many were forced to emigrate due to a campaign of discrimination and ethnic cleansing by the Turkish government. The Greek Imbriot diaspora is estimated to be around 15,000 people worldwide.
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