Remembering the #Pogrom – 6-7 September 1955 in #İstanbul

In recent years, the Turkish state operatives’ involvement became obvious. but as usual, there was no public reconciliation. No self-critique etc…

6 September 1955 – The Istanbul Pogrom: On this day organized Turkish mob attacks against Greek property, churches, cemetaries lead to Greeks fleeing the city en masse

September 6, 1955: The Violent Istanbul Pogrom Against Greeks

At the time Istanbul, and Turkey as a whole, was not as prosperous as the Greeks, while the nationalist fever was rising, as the Greek Cypriots …

Istanbul pogrom, events of Septemvriana remembered

Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) used to be the capital of the Byzantine Empire until the Ottoman conquest of 1453. For centuries, there remained a

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