The Hungarian Houses of Milas
The Greek-Turkish population exchange followed the announcement of the Republic of Turkey, which caused a large deficit of experts in certain fields, which were tried to be solved with guest workers.
After the Trianon treaty, because of the isolation and unemployment rate of Hungary, thousands of Hungarian workers tried to find work in Turkey, many of them being masons, who participated in the construction projects in Muğla, Milas and Aydın in the ’20-30s. Most of the craftsmen working on the buildings (still called Hungarian houses by locals) were masons, carpenters and joiners. The buildings include the İstikamet Cinema and some residential building -such as the former home of the governor Fevzi Beler- in Milas.
