Karvounari

History

Like all other Muslim Cham communities, the population was affected by the annexation of the region by Greece. In 1913, the village had a total population of 1,146 which was more than halved by 1920 as 496 remained. Many had migrated to Albania or Turkey.

In 1928, representatives from the Cham communities in Paramythia, Karvounari and Filiates, requested the opening of two Muslim schools which they would fund themselves. The Greek authorities officially rejected the request, arguing that "these Muslim schools would serve Albanian state propaganda by promoting an anti-Greek sentiment among the Chams of Greece". Regardless, the Greek government allowed their operation unofficially because it could close them as illegal at any time, and could also claim that their function fulfilled demands for Albanian schools in Chameria. A mass exodus of Chams from Greece occurred as a result of the greco-italian war and the German occupation of Greece in the 1940s, so that today no such population exists.

Notable people

• Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer

References

Sources

References

1. (2012). "State-Nationalisms in the Ottoman Empire, Greece and Turkey: Orthodox and Muslims, 1830-1945". Routledge.
2. Manta, Eleutheria. "Οι μουσουλμάνοι Τσάμηδες της Ηπείρου (1923-2000)".
3. Gogolos, Spyros. (28 March 2024). "Φταίω και εγώ".