aegean-okra:Istanbul Pogrom (6–7 September 1955)The Istanbul pogrom was a government-instigated seri
aegean-okra:Istanbul Pogrom (6–7 September 1955)The Istanbul pogrom was a government-instigated series of riots against the Greek minority of Istanbul. The pogrom was orchestrated by the Turkish government under Prime Minister Adnan Menderes. The events were triggered by the false news that the Turkish consulate in Thessaloniki, in Greece—the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk had been born in 1881—had been bombed the day before. A bomb planted by a Turkish usher at the consulate, who was later arrested and confessed, incited the events. The Turkish press, almost fully under Menderes’ control, conveying the news in Turkey, was silent about the arrest and instead insinuated that Greeks had set off the bomb.A Turkish mob, most of which had been trucked into the city in advance, assaulted Istanbul’s Greek community for nine hours. Although the mob did not explicitly call for Greeks to be killed, over a dozen people died during or after the attacks as a result of beatings and arson. Armenians were also harmed. The material damage was considerable, with damage to 5317 properties, almost all Greek-owned. Among these were 4214 homes, 1004 businesses, 73 churches, 2 monasteries, 1 synagogue, and 26 schools. More PhotosIt was known that Turks wanted to make the Greek element in Minor Asia vanish (and almost did it with the Greek genocide of 1922). But it’s a shame more people don’t know this. We are the minority in many countries. We have been procecuted. In my hometown, 80% of people are Greek immigrants from Minor Asia who came here because of procecution. My family has been affected from this, too. (This time in East Thrace) -- source link
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