The disastrous military defeat at the hands of the Turks ensured that the National Schism would define Greek politics and keep society divided through the next two decades. In that time, political stability was rare, except for the successful return of Venizelos between 1928 and 1932. By 1931, however, world economic crisis brought a new set of internal conflicts.

• The Treaty of Lausanne, 1923
• The Refugee Crisis
• Political Turmoil in the 1920s
• The Second Venizelos Golden Age
• The Crises of the 1930s

The Venizelos Era