The night of September 6, 1955 is etched in black colors in the memory of Hellenism. Today began the pogrom unleashed by the Turkish mob against the populous and prosperous Greek community of Constantinople, leading to one of the most tragic moments in modern history, known as “September”. The attacks against the Greeks of Constantinople were not spontaneous. It was the result of a carefully prepared provocation by the regime of Adnan Menderes. The explosion of a small bomb at Kemal Atatürk’s home in Thessaloniki, an attack that turned out to have been organized by a Muslim student, was the spark that led to the atrocities that followed. Turkish newspapers, led by the government, exaggerated the incident, promoting anti-Hellenism and angering the Turkish people. On the night of September 6, hordes of 50,000 people, incited by the Turkish government and leaving behind a “night of crystals” for the Hellenism of the City, sowed terror and destruction. stores, […]
Source: News Beast
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