Istanbul riots
series of state-sponsored anti-Greek mob attacks
Key facts
- Location
- Istanbul , Turkey
- Date
- 6–7 September 1955
- Target
- Private property, Orthodox churches and Christian cemeteries of the Greek population of the city
- Attack type
- Pogrom / Mob violence
- Deaths
- Exact number is unknown, estimates vary from 13 to 37 or more
- Injured
- More than 1,000 injured, approximately 200–400 Greek women and boys raped
- Perpetrators
- Tactical Mobilisation Group ( special forces ), Democrat Party , National Security Service , Turkish Cyprus Association
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- Commons category
- Istanbul Pogrom, 1955
- start time
- 1955-09-06