Memory is defined by space as a field of evidence and conflict, and the morphology of space is shaped by memory and the historical and socio-political events that result from the fermentations of human - and non-human - networks. Space needs memory and memory needs space, just as much as narrative needs evidence in order to shape the dominant perception regarding the past and to entrench the future. Memory, spaces and places will be explored with a focus on the narratives of people who have been forced to move to Greece from Istanbul, in an attempt to trace not only the relationships between these concepts, but also the historical imprints of people.

Places, locations, objects, habits, cultural differences and similarities are the individual focuses of the narratives that compose a mosaic of the fragmented identity of the “Constantinopolitan”, which is revealed through the narratives and the bibliographical evidence, it seems to still float between two worlds - to no one, however, does it seem to be completely accepted or welcomed, yet its’ urban composition and architectural expression serves as a living document of its weaving.