Diệt chủng Hy Lạp Pontus

Key facts

Location

Pontus region – northeastern Anatolia

Date

1914–1923

Target

Pontic Greeks

Attack type

Genocide , mass murder , death marches , ethnic cleansing , mass deportation , labour battalions

Deaths

350,000–360,000

Perpetrators

Young Turks , Turkish National Movement , Sublime Ottoman State

Motive

Anti-Greek sentiment , Turkification , Anti-Eastern Orthodox sentiment

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Wikidata facts

Image

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Number of deaths

100000