Asia Minor Catastrophe

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Greek national disaster historical event humanitarian disaster military defeat population exchange precursor

The Asia Minor Catastrophe was the 1922 defeat and expulsion of Greek forces and populations from Anatolia, culminating in the destruction of Smyrna and marking a major humanitarian and national disaster for Greece.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek national disaster ⓘ historical event ⓘ humanitarian disaster ⓘ military defeat ⓘ population exchange precursor ⓘ
affectedGroup	Anatolian Greeks NERFINISHED ⓘ Armenian population of Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Orthodox population of Asia Minor ⓘ
aftermath	1923 population exchange between Greece and Turkey ⓘ Treaty of Lausanne NERFINISHED ⓘ large-scale refugee crisis in Greece ⓘ
cause	Greek military campaign in Asia Minor ⓘ Turkish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ collapse of Greek front in Anatolia ⓘ
conflict	Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Kingdom of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1922-09 ⓘ
hasAlias	Greco-Turkish War catastrophe of 1922 NERFINISHED ⓘ Mikrasiatiki Katastrofi NERFINISHED ⓘ Μικρασιατική Καταστροφή NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	end of centuries-long Greek presence in much of Asia Minor ⓘ major demographic transformation of the Aegean region ⓘ
language	Greek ⓘ Turkish ⓘ
location	Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Izmir NERFINISHED ⓘ Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ
memorializedIn	Asia Minor refugee associations in Greece ⓘ Greek national remembrance days ⓘ
partOf	aftermath of World War I ⓘ dissolution of the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
politicalConsequence	September 1922 Revolution in Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ fall of the royalist government in Greece ⓘ trial and execution of the Six in Greece ⓘ
religiousAspect	Greek Orthodox Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	consolidation of Turkish nationalist victory ⓘ defeat of Greek forces in Anatolia ⓘ end of the Megali Idea policy ⓘ mass flight of Greek refugees to Greece ⓘ
significantEvent	burning of Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ destruction of Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ expulsion of Greek civilian population from Asia Minor ⓘ retreat of Greek army from Anatolia ⓘ
startDate	1922-08 ⓘ

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National Schism → followedBy → Asia Minor Catastrophe ⓘ

Greek government of Stylianos Gonatas → significantEvent → Asia Minor Catastrophe ⓘ