Istanbul Remember 67th years since the attacks on Greek minority

67 years ago the Greek minority in Istanbul was targeted in a crisis carefully fabricated by the Turkish Security Service. In what had been described as Turkey’s Kristallnacht.

The riot lasted for two days on September 6 and 7 targeted the Greek and Armenian communities.

67 years today since the anti-Greek pograms in Istanbul of Sept. 6-7 1955, which Turkey has never fully come to terms with https://t.co/bBq6wpt0oX

— Vanessa H. Larson (@vanessahlarson) September 6, 2022

Today marks the 67th anniversary of the 1955 Turkish pogrom against the Greeks, Armenians and Jews of Istanbul.

Turkey still has not officially recognized, apologized for, or made reparations for the pogrom, or for any of the crimes it committed at any time in its history. https://t.co/8zVWHQ54dT

— Uzay Bulut (@bulutuzay_) September 6, 2022

On this day in 1955, Istanbul’s Greeks and other ethnic minorities including Armenians and Jews, were attacked by a furious Turkish mob, triggered by a fake news story according to which, Greeks had bombed the house where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was born in Thessaloniki. pic.twitter.com/oOWng7FqK3

— Demetrios Ioannou (@ioannou_dim) September 6, 2022