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The Greek Genocide was extensively covered in the English print media.
Below is a chronological list of some news reports.

3 Oct 1911: Young Turks and their Programme, The Times
12 Dec 1912: Turks Burning Villages and Massacring Inhabitants, Norwich Bulletin
31 Jan 1913: Massacre of Christians, Scrip
29 Jul 1913: Human Slaughter, Daily Standard
13 Sep 1913: Troops Commanded to Murder and Pillage, The Express and Telegraph
18 Apr 1914: Turkish Persecution of Greeks, The Times
19 May 1914: Women and Children Massacred, Wairarapa Age
11 Jun 1914: Greek Residents Harrassed, The Advertiser
16 Jun 1914: Massacre of 100 Greeks in Asia Minor, The Daily Telegram
18 Jun 1914: Massacres in Asia Minor, The Advertiser
22 Jun 1914: Turkish Persecution of Greeks, Ashburton Guardian
1 Dec 1914: Turkey's Jihad, Newcastle Morning Herald
16 Dec 1914: Turks Massacre Greeks, Evening Ledger
10 Jan 1915: Many Murders of Greek Subjects, New York Times
13 Jan 1915: Greeks' Plight Desperate, Herald (Victoria)
13 Jan 1915: Christians in Great Peril, The New York Times
15 Mar 1915: Massacres by Turks Arouse Greeks' Fury: Daytona Daily News
28 Jun 1915: Greeks Deported from Gallipoli, Kalgoorlie Miner (W.A)
12 Jul 1915: Turks are Evicting Native Christians, New York Times
16 Jul 1915: Turks Persecute Greeks, The Age
20 Jul 1915: A Crisis at Aivali, The Scotsman
3 Aug 1915: Ghastly Stories: Greek Women Tortured, The Argus
31 Aug 1915: Girls Taken to the Harems, Tweed Daily
8 Sep 1915: State of Terror in Smyrna, Bay of Plenty Times
22 Oct 1915: '...The Greeks are marked next', The Argus
12 Jan 1916: Wholesale Deportations, The Times
22 Apr 1916: Turkish Atrocities. Reported Massacres of Greeks, The Mercury
18 Jul 1916: 80,000 Christians Die of Starvation in Lebanon, Ashburton Guardian
22 Aug 1916: The Unspeakable Turk, The Argus
4 Oct 1916: Turkish Outrages. Massacres of Greeks in Asia Minor, The Mercury
18 Jan 1917: Turk Massacre Told By Woman, Harrisburg Telegraph
30 Aug 1917: 30,000 Greeks Deported, Poverty Bay Herald
8 Oct 1917: Greek Deportations, The New York Times
17 Oct 1917: Turks Turned Against Greek. 700,000 Suffer. The Evening Independent
29 Oct, 1917: Germans Ordered Greeks Driven Out, The Day (Connecticut)
20 Dec 1917: Turks Drive 400,000 into Desert, Salt Lake Telegram
1 Jan 1918: 1,000,000 Greeks Killed?, The New York Times
1 Jan 1918: 1,000,000 Greeks Are Put To Death By Turko-Teuton Forces, The Washington Post
7 Apr 1918: Bombarding Ships Rescue 2,000 Greeks, New York Times
11 Apr 1918: Turks Harry Greeks, Daily Herald, SA
30 Apr 1918: Massacres by Turks, Hamilton Spectator
16 Jun 1918: Turkish Cruelty Bared by Greeks, New York Times
9 Nov 1918: Allies' Aims in Turkey, Geelong Advertiser
8 Dec 1918: Turks Organizing New Massacres. New York Times
19 Dec 1918: Turk's Victims. Greeks and Armenians, Star (Christchurch)
15 Mar 1919: First Hun Held for Atrocities, The Evening Independent
20 Mar 1919: Defeated Turk Orders Killing, Washington Herald
2 May 1919: Arrests of High Officials, Daily Observer
15 May 1919: Greek Refugees Tell of Outrages, Jasper News
17 May 1919: U.S Committee Aids Turkish Harem Victims, New York Tribune
6 Jun 1919: Urge Turks to Massacre all Greeks in Thrace, Daily Times
27 Jun 1919: Turk Plea Rejected. Not Fit to Rule Peoples, Salt Lake Telegram
5 Jul 1919: Tells how Turks Tortured Greeks, New York Times
13 Jul 1919: Turkey Condemns its War Leaders, New York Times
31 July 1919: Turks Parboiled 250,000, New York Times
22 Aug 1919: Turks Massacre Greek Boy Scouts, Milwaukee Journal
21 Jan 1920: Turks Sentence Two Leaders For Organizing Massacres, New York Times
4 Mar 1920: Report Turks Killed Many in Rodosto, New York Times
31 Jul 1920: Turkish Atrocities, Maitland Daily Mercury
3 Aug 1920: Greeks also Murdered, Recorder, Recorder, SA
19 Oct 1920: Massacres at Nicaea, London Times
17 Apr 1921: The Black Book of Nicaea, Embros
10 Jun 1921: Reported Massacre of Greeks, Albury Banner
10 July 1921: 700,000 Greeks Victims of Turks, New York Times
29 Aug 1921: Aidin a Vast Sepulchre, New York Times
31 Aug 1921: Turkish Savagery. Massacres and Deportations. Ashburton
21 Oct 1921: Greek Villages Destroyed, Daily Herald, SA
26 Oct 1921: The Turk at Work: Rape Murder and Arson, The Times
6 Nov 1921: Reports Massacres of Greeks in Pontus, New York Times
24 Nov 1921: Horrors of Asia Minor, Singleton Argus
4 Jan 1922 : More Greeks Deported. New York Times
6 May 1922: Killing By Turks Has Been Renewed, New York Times
16 May 1922: Turkish Atrocities Stir Britain to Act, New York Times
20 May 1922: The Unspeakable Turk, Auckland Star
14 Jun 1922: Turks Massacre 15,000 More Greeks, New York Times
14 Jun 1922: Report 15,000 Persons Massacred by Turks, New York Herald
21 Jun 1922: Greeks Beheaded in Asia Minor, Sheboygan Press
21 Jun 1922: Nations of World Urged to Declare Turkey an Outlaw, Christian Science Monitor
2 Jul 1922: 10,000 Greeks in Turkish Massacre, Ogden Standard-Examiner
17 Aug 1922: Turks' Fiendish Cruelty, The Argus
7 Sep 1922: Reports the Turks Killing Americans, New York Times
11 Sep 1922: Kemal Won't Insure Against Massacres, New York Times
15 Sep 1922: Turks Kill Women and Babes, The Evening Star
15 Sep 1922: Smyrna Burning, 1,000 Massacred, New York Times
15 Sep 1922: Bodies in Mudania Harbor, New York Times
16 Sep 1922: Turks Killed 120,000, East Oregonian
17 Sep 1922: The Brave Stance of the Japanese, Embros
18 Sep 1922: Smyrna Ablaze. Stories of Massacre, Sydney Morning Herald
18 Sep 1922: Smyrna's Ravagers Fired on Americans, New York Times
22 Sep 1922: Prisoners of War, Northern Star
23 Sep 1922: Outrages in Smyrna, The Australasian
26 Sep 1922: Massacre on Saturday, Ogden Standard Examiner
27 Sep 1922: Report That 900 Christians Were Massacred in Bigha, New York Times
27 Sep 1922: Ultimatum to Refugees, Daily Telegraph
2 Oct 1922: Asserts Atrocities in Smyrna Continue, New York Times
26 Oct 1922: Killing off Christian Recruits by Toxic Injection, Western Mail.
29 Oct 1922: How the Archbishop of Smyrna was Martyred, Washington Times
2 Nov 1922: Turks Opposed to Kemal Pasha, The Mercury
2 Nov 1922: Greek Priests Buried Alive by the Turks, Grand Forks Herald
3 Nov 1922: Expulsion of Christians, The Times
7 Nov 1922: Turkish Savagery, The Mercury
13 Nov 1922: Driving Greeks from Pontus, New York Times
1 Dec 1922: Turks Proclaim Banishment Edict to 1,000,000 Greeks, New York Times
2 Dec 1922: To Fight for Billion and Rich Oil Lands for Sultan's Heirs, New York Times
3 Dec 1922: A Black Friday, New York Times
4 Dec 1922: The Statesmanship of Extermination, New York Times
9 Dec 1922: The Expelled Greeks, New York Times
19 Dec 1922: New Turkish Demand - Removal of Patriarchate, The Age
3 Mar 1923: Continued Deportations by Turks, New York Times
12 Apr 1923: Turkish Barbarism. Deportation Horrors, West Australian
21 Apr 1923: The "Black Hole" of Selimie, Advertiser, SA
17 Jul 1923: Thousands of Greeks Disappear, Advocate
23 Dec 1924: Yarn of a cargo of human bones, New York Times
1 Aug 1926: Kemal Promises More Hangings, Los Angeles Examiner

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