Ottoman Greeks

E855267

Greek diaspora community ethnic group

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.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anatolian Greeks	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek diaspora community ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Ottoman Greek Orthodox ⓘ Ottoman Rum NERFINISHED ⓘ Ottoman Rûm NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	Orthodox Christian scholarship ⓘ Ottoman commerce ⓘ Ottoman culture NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Aegean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ Cappadocia NERFINISHED ⓘ Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Thrace NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontus NERFINISHED ⓘ Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCenter	Phanariote community in Constantinople NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
victimOf	Greek genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic Greek genocide NERFINISHED ⓘ ethnic cleansing in the late Ottoman Empire ⓘ mass killings during World War I ⓘ persecution by Kemalist forces ⓘ persecution by Young Turk regime ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Greek genocide → perpetratedAgainst → Ottoman Greeks ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anatolian Greeks