Greek genocide

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The Greek genocide refers to the systematic persecution and mass killing of Ottoman Greeks—particularly in Anatolia and Pontus—by the Ottoman Empire and early Turkish nationalist forces during and after World War I.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Greek genocide canonical 4
Genocide of the Greeks 1
Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire 1

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity
genocide
mass killing
persecution of Christians
war crime
aftermath mass flight of Greeks from Asia Minor
near-complete removal of Greek population from Anatolia
refugee crisis in Greece
alsoKnownAs Genocide of the Greeks
linked to: Greek genocide

Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Greek genocide

Ottoman Greek genocide
linked to: Greek genocide
cause anti-Christian policies of Young Turks
nationalist homogenization policies
perceived security threat from Christian minorities
characterizedBy cultural destruction
death marches
deportations
forced labor
massacres
commemoratedAs Day of Remembrance for the Pontian Greek Genocide
commemorationDay 19 May
disputedBy Republic of Turkey
linked to: Turkey

some Turkish historians
endTime 1923
estimatedNumberOfVictims hundreds of thousands of Greeks killed
up to 1,000,000 Greeks killed according to some estimates
hasPart confiscation of Greek property
death marches of Greeks in Anatolia
deportations of Ottoman Greeks
destruction of Greek Orthodox churches
destruction of Greek schools
forced Islamization of some Greek children
forced labor battalions for Greek men
massacres of Greek civilians
persecution of Pontic Greeks
location Aegean coast of Asia Minor
linked to: Aegean coast

Anatolia
Eastern Thrace
linked to: Thrace

Ottoman Empire
Pontus
perpetratedAgainst Anatolian Greeks
linked to: Ottoman Greeks

Greek Orthodox Christians
Ottoman Greeks
Pontic Greeks
linked to: Pontic Greek
perpetratedBy Committee of Union and Progress
Ottoman Empire
Turkish nationalist forces
Young Turk regime
recognizedBy Hellenic Parliament
Republic of Armenia
linked to: Armenia

Republic of Cyprus
linked to: Cyprus
relatedEvent Armenian genocide
linked to: Armenian Genocide

Assyrian genocide
population exchange between Greece and Turkey
startTime 1913
World War I
subjectOf historical research on late Ottoman violence
international debates on genocide recognition
temporalContext Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)
World War I

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assyrian genocide relatedEvent Greek genocide
Sayfo relatedEvent Greek genocide
Seyfo relatedEvent Greek genocide
Year of the Sword relatedEvent Greek genocide
Greek genocide alsoKnownAs Ottoman Greek genocide
linked to: Greek genocide
Greek genocide alsoKnownAs Genocide of the Greeks
linked to: Greek genocide
Greek genocide alsoKnownAs Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire
linked to: Greek genocide