2015/03/01 by Vasileios Th. Meichanetsidis · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Turkey's Politics and Society #Balkans: History, Politics, Society #Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics
paper · doi:10.3138/gsi.9.1.06
openalex publication_date 2015/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
This article refers to the 1913–1923 genocide of the Greeks of the Ottoman Empire and aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the overall genocidal process. On the one hand, it offers an ideological, social, and political background and framework for understanding that process; on the other hand, it documents and analyzes the various empirical aspects and data, providing ample examples of genocidal acts. The paper aims at providing an understanding of the genocide and a sense of the Ottoman projects of destruction that included Armenians, Assyrians/Arameans and Greeks—and other, less-known ethnic groups—in an attempt at a total restructuring of Ottoman society and the creation of a Turkish Muslim national state.