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Turks Burn 24 Greek Villages; Many People Perish in Flames
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This article was published in The New York Times on March 30, 1923

LONDON, March 29 (Associated Press). - Twenty Greek villages in the region of Kerasunda, on the Black Sea, were burned Feb. 23 and four other large villages in the Pontus met a similar fate March 1, says a telegram from Archbishop Meletios Metaxakis, Patriarch of Constantinople...

 
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Driving Greeks from Pontus
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This article was published in The New York Times on November 13, 1922 


Kemalists Demand That Greece Give Shelter to 200,000 More.

PARIS, Nov. 12 - The Journal des Debais prints the following dispatch from Athens:
"Dr. Nansen's mission to Kemal has failed. The Kemalists demand that Greece give shelter to 200,000 more women and children from the Province of Pontus; otherwise they will be deported to the interieor of Anatolia.

 
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Reports Massacres of Greeks in Pontus
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This article was published in The New York Times on November 6, 1921

Central Council Says They Attend Execution of Prominent Natives for Alleged Rebellion. Alexander Kehaya, a member of the Kehaya Trading and Finance Corporation, with offices at 60 Wall Street, said yesterday that Greek residents of New York were aroused by news of massacres by Turks of Greeks in Pontus.

 
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7,000 Greeks Victims of Turks
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This article was published in The New York Times on July 10, 1921

Charge Made by Washington Legation, Which Puts Dead at that Figure.
WASHINGTON, July 9, - Nearly 700,000 Greeks have been massacred, deported, or have died of famine since the war with Turkey began, according to a statement given out today by the Greek Legation.