Greek genocide

E242149

crime against humanity genocide mass killing persecution of Christians war crime

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.

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All labels observed (4)

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

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	Greek genocide ⓘ surface form: Genocide of the Greeks Greek genocide ⓘ surface form: Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire Greek genocide ⓘ surface form: Ottoman 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	Turkey ⓘ surface form: Republic of 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 ⓘ surface form: Aegean coast of Asia Minor Anatolia ⓘ Thrace ⓘ surface form: Eastern Thrace Ottoman Empire ⓘ Pontus ⓘ
perpetratedAgainst	Ottoman Greeks ⓘ surface form: Anatolian Greeks Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Greek Orthodox Christians Ottoman Greeks ⓘ Pontic Greek ⓘ surface form: Pontic Greeks
perpetratedBy	Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Turkish nationalist forces ⓘ Committee of Union and Progress ⓘ surface form: Young Turk regime
recognizedBy	Hellenic Parliament ⓘ Armenia ⓘ surface form: Republic of Armenia Cyprus ⓘ surface form: Republic of Cyprus
relatedEvent	Armenian Genocide ⓘ surface form: 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	Turkish War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) World War I ⓘ

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 → Greek genocide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Greek genocide

Greek genocide → alsoKnownAs → Greek genocide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Genocide of the Greeks

Greek genocide → alsoKnownAs → Greek genocide ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greek Genocide in the Ottoman Empire