Ottoman Greeks

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Ottoman Greeks were an ethnic Greek minority living in the Ottoman Empire, known for their significant role in commerce, education, and culture, who suffered widespread persecution and mass killings in the early 20th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Anatolian Greeks 2
Ottoman Greeks canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ottoman Greek Orthodox ⓘ
Ottoman Rum ⓘ
Ottoman Rûm ⓘ
linked to: Millet-i Rum
contributedTo Orthodox Christian scholarship ⓘ
Ottoman commerce ⓘ
Ottoman culture ⓘ
Ottoman education ⓘ
modern Greek literature ⓘ
printing and publishing in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
culturalHeritage Byzantine tradition ⓘ
Greek language education ⓘ
Orthodox Christian liturgy ⓘ
demographicTrend decline and near disappearance from Anatolia after 1923 ⓘ
ethnicallyIdentifiedAs Greeks ⓘ
experienced confiscation of property in the early 20th century ⓘ
forced deportations in the early 20th century ⓘ
legal discrimination under Ottoman law ⓘ
massacres in the late Ottoman period ⓘ
periodic local violence and pogroms ⓘ
governedReligiouslyBy Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ⓘ
historicalRegion Aegean islands ⓘ
Black Sea coast ⓘ
Cappadocia ⓘ
Constantinople ⓘ
Eastern Thrace ⓘ
linked to: Thrace

Pontus ⓘ
Smyrna ⓘ
Western Anatolia ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
legalStatus non-Muslim millet ⓘ
maintained Greek newspapers and periodicals ⓘ
network of Greek schools in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
philanthropic and cultural associations ⓘ
majorOccupation banking ⓘ
commerce ⓘ
crafts ⓘ
education ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
milletAffiliation Rum Millet ⓘ
linked to: Rum millet
notableCenter Phanariote community in Constantinople ⓘ
linked to: Phanariotes
partOf population of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
politicalMovement involved in Greek national movement ⓘ
involved in Ottoman constitutionalist movements ⓘ
populationExchange subject to the 1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ⓘ
postWarOutcome diaspora communities in Australia ⓘ
diaspora communities in Europe ⓘ
diaspora communities in the Americas ⓘ
large-scale flight and expulsion to Greece ⓘ
primaryChurch Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople ⓘ
produced Phanariote statesmen and diplomats ⓘ
merchants active in Black Sea and Mediterranean trade ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
socialRole merchant bourgeoisie ⓘ
urban middle class ⓘ
subjectTo jizya tax as non-Muslims ⓘ
timePeriod from the 15th century to the early 20th century ⓘ
underRuleOf Ottoman sultans ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman sultan
victimOf Greek genocide ⓘ
Pontic Greek genocide ⓘ
linked to: Greek genocide

ethnic cleansing in the late Ottoman Empire ⓘ
mass killings during World War I ⓘ
persecution by Kemalist forces ⓘ
persecution by Young Turk regime ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Greek genocide → perpetratedAgainst → Ottoman Greeks ⓘ
Greek genocide → perpetratedAgainst → Anatolian Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Greeks
Cadde-i Kebir → associatedCommunities → Ottoman Greeks ⓘ
Asia Minor Catastrophe → affectedGroup → Anatolian Greeks ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman Greeks