List of Massacres (1920-1923)

For list of massacres from 1912-1919 and a description of this study,  click here 

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YEAR MONTH LOCATION DETAIL SOURCE
1920 Jan Tepeköy Topal Osman Ağa and his çetes surround the village then order the men, women the elderly and the children of Tepeköy as well as those from neighboring Terekli into a house close to the church and set it on fire incinerating all of them inside not before taking 4-5 women for themselves. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.191,197.
1920   Kucer Ousagi Turks arrived at night and massacred the residents then burnt the village down. Kucer Usagi originally had 531 residents. Eighty percent (80%) were massacred. Exact location unknown. Assumed location on map. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.521.
1920   Muzmelek Turkish çetes massacred the residents then set the village on fire. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.522.
c.1920   Emirdağ 50 Greeks found massacred. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor. Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek. p.395.
1920 Mar Tekirdağ Large number of Greeks massacred at Tekirdağ. Report Turks Killed Many at Rodosto, The New York Times, 4 March 1920.
1920   Evrenuşağı The women and children of the village Evrenuşağı (Gr: Evren) were burnt inside their homes. The perpetrators kept the nicest females for themselves. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.522.
1920   Sürmeli The residents of Sürmeli were taken to a place called Yagbaslu and slaughtered there. Location of Yagbaslu unknown. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.522.
1920 Mar Doğanbey At the village of Doğanbey (Gr: Δωμάτια/Domatia) Turkish brigands killed 85 peasants and stole tobacco, wheat, farm animals and 750 beehives. James Morgan, Smyrna to High Commissioner, 31 March 1920, UKNA FO 371/533 quoted in Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, The Thirty-Year Genocide, Turkey's destruction of its Christian Minorities 1894-1924, London 2019., 399.
1920 Mar Sarköy Massacre of Greeks and Armenians at Sarköy (or Şar, also spelt Shahr). Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.139.
1920 May Karakavuz The Greek village was surrounded, plundered and all inhabitants massacred except very few. Ecumenical Patriarchate, Constantinople. The Black Book of the Sufferings of the Greek People in Turkey from the Armistice to the end of 1920. Constantinople Press of the Patriarchate, 1920, p.142.
c.1920   Kavlagan Topal Osman Ağa and his çetes arrived and locked all the men in the school and the women in the church then set fire to both of them
while they were still inside. Out of a total of 50 families, only 5 families escaped. Exact location unknown. Assumed location on map.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.511.
1920 Summer Muamli The village of of neighbouring Eldavut was encircled and its residents were taken to Muamli (Gr: Muamlu) one and a half hour's
distance from their village and locked in a large house. In the morning all the houses were burnt with the people still inside.
Exact location unknown. Assumed location on map.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.506.
1920 Jun Findikli Kemalists surrounded the four Greek villages of Findikli (Gr: Foundouklia). The men were shut up in a church and ordered to come out in fives and were shot. Of the population of 3,400, 400 men and 30 women were massacred. Source: Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.167.

-Faltaits, K. The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies from the Nicomedia(Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921. Cosmos 2016, pp. 71-74.
1920 Jun Fulacik Nationalist Kemalist forces accompanied by the gendarmerie entered the village and proceeded to loot and burn houses and massacre its inhabitants. Three hundred men including boys as young as 14 were locked in the village church before it was doused with petrol and set alight. Faltaits, K. The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies from the Nicomedia(Izmit) Massacres of 1902-1921. Cosmos 2016, pp. 43-51.
1920 c.Jun Mersin Greeks and Armenians living in the districts near Mersin were massacred. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.152.
1920 Jun Yukariyapici 22 Greek men massacred at Yukariyapici (Ano Neochori). Ecumenical Patriarchate, Constantinople. The Black Book of the Sufferings of the Greek People in Turkey from the Armistice to the end of 1920. Constantinople Press of the Patriarchate 1920, p.116.
1920 Jun Nazilli Approximately 162 Greeks were either massacred or burned to death in their homes when Kemalist soldiers and the gendarmerie (police) put fire to the Greek quarter of Nazilli. Ecumenical Patriarchate. The Black Book of the Sufferings of the Greek People in Turkey from the Armistice to the end of 1920. Constantinople Press of the Patriarchate 1920, p.103.
c.1920   Ataköy Topal Osman Ağa and his çetes gathered the residents from the villages Kesilou, Almalugol, Tsamlikizilot, Terzefteke and Taflandag who were fleeing and brought them to a village called Ataköy (Gr: Atta) and set fire to the village with
everyone there. Those trying to escape were thrown back into the fire. In all 2,000 people were killed.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 438, 457.
1920 Jun Erbaa Vast massacre of the Greek male population of Erbaa under the command of Kemalist Military Commander Topal Osman. All men aged between 15-70 years were gathered at the home of notable Greek Anastas efendi, or the Armenian church, and were executed. Bodies were disposed of in the forest. Only those hiding in the mountains escaped the massacre. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Central Regions of Pontus. Volume C. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2013. In Greek. p.194, 196 and 206.
1920 Jun Yeniköy In the Constantinople area, Greek villages were raided and men were killed and women raped. In two villages at Yeniköy 150 people were killed on June 28. A.G.S "Memorandum," 20 October 1920, UKNA FO 371/5057, quoted in Benny Morris, Dror Ze'evi, The Thirty-Year Genocide, Turkey's destruction of its Christian Minorities 1894-1924, London 2019. 403.
c.1920   Ataköy The çetes of Topal Osman Ağa arrived at the village and conducted a wholesale massacre of the entire village, pillaged it and
then set it alight. Of the 340 residents it's believed only one person survived.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 376.
1920 Jun Chumbush Hane Eighteen hundred (1,800) men being deported from Samsun en route to the interior were massacred by çetes belonging to Topal Osman Ağa just outside Samsun at a place called Chumbush Hane (Gr: Tsimbousia/Tsimbus Hane). The slaughter lasted for two hours. Location placement just a guide. Exact location unknown. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 372.
c.1920   Nembien Dag Greeks who fled to Nembien Dag were massacred by military forces. Exact location unknown. Assumed location on map. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 440.
1920 Jun Aşarağaç Turks entered and burnt the vilage. People were locked in their homes which were then set on fire. Out of 300 people, only 10 or 12 survived. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 371.
1920 Jul Geyve Kemalist Nationalist forces massacre hundreds of Greeks and Armenians at Geyve. TURKISH ATROCITIES. (1920, July 31). The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), p. 5. Retrieved October 24, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127337896
1920 Jul Simav Kemalist forces enter Simav and 15 Greek notables are massacred. 240 inhabitants then deported to Kütahya, but 5 minutes from Simav all were massacred except 25 who managed to escape. Ecumenical Patriarchate, Constantinople. The Black Book of the Sufferings of the Greek People in Turkey from the Armistice to the end of 1920. Constantinople Press of the Patriarchate, 1920, p.111-112.

- The Exodus: Testimonies from the regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor, Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek, p.421.
1920 Jul Kadıköy All the men, women and children from the suburb were sent to Samsun. All the men of Samsun including those from Kadıköy
were locked up in a school building then sent out in groups. The first group was sent to Kavak and they were massacred there.
Throughout the Summer, men from Samsun were sent out in groups, approx 9-10 groups, and massacred en route. Very few survived.
Exact location unknown. Assumed location on map.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 407.
1920 Jul Yozgat Kemalist forces massacred 60 Greeks and 20 Armenians at Yozgat. Some were crucified. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.161.
1920 Summer Sernits 18 Greek men massacred. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Central Regions of Pontus. Volume C. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2013. In Greek. p.151.
1920 Aug İznik Turkish irregulars massacred approx. 600 Greeks of İznik (Gr: Nicaea). Their slaughtered bodies were later found burnt out in a cave just outside the town. The town's church was also destroyed, not before women were raped on the altar. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.172.
1920 Aug Osmaneli Wholesale massacre. Out of 800 Greeks very few survived. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.299.
1920 Aug Bolu Kurds surround the Armenian quarter where there were 20 Greek families. They pillaged the houses, then shut the men up in the Armenian church, killed the women and then set fire to the church and the whole town. Very few survived. 80 Greeks were massacred. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.167.
1920 Sep Oçoglu Kemalist army entered Oçoglu near Yozgat and gathered all villagers into the church. They then raped all women and girls in the presence of their fathers, husbands and brothers and massacred all of them, 280 in number. Ecumenical Patriarchate, Constantinople. The Black Book of the Sufferings of the Greek People in Turkey from the Armistice to the end of 1920. Constantinople Press of the Patriarchate, 1920, p.75.
1920 Oct Geyve About 30 Christians, mostly Greeks massacred by Nationalists. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.175.
1920   Tokat Topal Osman Ağa massacres 200 people who had been deported from Samsun. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 257.
1920   Saraçli At Saraçli (Gr: Houdi) women and girls were locked in a church where those who weren't killed were raped. Women and children were tied up and shot. Men were massacred en masse. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.327.
1920   Ortaköy The town of some 6,000 Greeks was completely burnt to the ground in 1920 and a large portion of the Greek population was massacred. Atrocities included rape, be-headings as well as massacre via the use of knives and hatchets. Faltaits, K. The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies from the Nicomedia(Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921. Cosmos 2016, pp. 91-98.
1920   Fatsa Fifteen notable men hung while in prison. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 275.
1920 Oct Vezirköprü Burning of villages and massacre of inhabitants. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.179.
c.1920   Tepecik After hearing of the burning of neighboring villages like Gaasari, Tsolik, Beyalan, Galekoy, Teppekoy and Guzdere, a group of
30 Greeks from Tepecik (Gr: Tepeyoma) hid in the garden of a neighbouring Turkish house for protection. But they were found and 20 of them were slaughtered.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.188-189.
c.1920   Hacibey Wholesale massacre under the command of Kemalist Military Commander Topal Osman. Adults were locked up in barns churches and schools and burned alive. Children were unclothed then thrown in wells and rocks thrown over them. Women were taken to a cliff overlooking a river, were undressed then with knives, axes and bullets attacked and thrown into the river. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Central Regions of Pontus. Volume C. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2013. In Greek. p.221.
c.1920   Toraman 32 Greek men including a priest, from nearby Upper Ovacik and Kavuklu were burned by Kemalist regulars. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor. Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek. p.273.
1921 Feb Kontzes (Gr) Attacked by nationalist Kemalist forces under the command of Cemal (Djemal) of Iznik. Inhabitants slaughtered while homes were burnt to the ground. K. Faltaits. The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies from the Nicomedia (Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921. Cosmos 2016, pp.75-80.
1921 Mar Kayseri Kemalist forces commit 3 day massacre of Christians. TERRIBLE MASSACRES (1921, March 22). The Bathurst Times (NSW : 1909 - 1925), p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article111536870
1921 Mar Demircili Topal Osman Ağa and 60 of his çetes rounded up the women and children from the villages Gündoğdu (Gr: Yayiasar), Tsorlik, and
Galekoy and took them to Demircili (Gr: Demirtzikoy) and locked them in a church. They then took 60 women and after raping them locked them inside
a house and set it alight, burning everyone inside.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.155-156.
1921 May Niksar Massacre of Greeks at Niksar under the command of Kemalist Military Commander Topal Osman. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Central Regions of Pontus. Volume C. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2013. In Greek. p.272, 274, 289.
1921 May Alaçam The Turks imprisoned the Christian male population above the age of 12 then massacred them. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.236.
1921 May Evrenuşağı People from surrounding villages were all taken to Tepe Mahalle. The village was surrounded so that nobody could leave. They were then taken to Evrenuşağı, tied up and slaughtered. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.528.
1921 Summer Ağcagüney Turks entered the homes of Greeks of Ağcagüney (Gr: Hagiatsakini) and guided them to a nearby lake. They were then beaten in the head with large pieces of wood until they were all dead. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 349.
c.1921   Tohurlar Men were locked up in the church and the church was set alight with petrol.
Around the same time, a man witnessed wells at a nearby village full of slaughtered bodies.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.535.
1921 Jun Samsun Massacres reported at Samsun where the streets are strewn with bodies of Greeks. GREEKS AND TURKS. (1921, June 6). Tweed Daily (Murwillumbah, NSW : 1914 - 1949), p. 3. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
c.1921   Tokat Men from Zonguldak deported to Elazığ passed through Tokat. Greek women and chlidren were locked up in a large church
and at night they could be heard pleading and shouting for help. In the morning, they were loaded onto carts in a deathly state and thrown into the Yezil Irmak river.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.631.
1921 Jun Havza A large number of Havza natives were massacred. A group of Greek deportees from Ünye who were passing through the town
were forced to throw them into a river which turned red from the slaughtered carcasses.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 324.

1921 Jun Bafra Turkish authorities arrested about 500 prominent Greeks and after forcing each to pay a large sum, put them to death. 700 escaping orphans died of starvation. Greeks Killed By Wholesale, Salt Lake Telegram, September 5, 1921, p 4. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
1921 Jun Selemelik Around 500-600 men from Bafra were brought to the village and slaughtered inside the church. The church was then set on fire. Those who were hiding in the forest were captured, had their hands tied up then slaughtered, their bodies were then thrown into a deep well. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 496, 526.
c.1921   Alaçam Men were taken 6-7 hours out from the town where they were massacred. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.501.
1921 Jun Goyvtsesu Three hundred men were taken to a place called Goyvtsesou situated approximately 1 km outside of Bafra where they were massacred. A second group of 300 men were also massacred a few days later. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 496.
1921 Jul Merzifon The Mayor of Giresun, the notorious Topal Osman, and his band of 'cut-throats' entered Merzifon and massacred approximately 1,000 Greeks and Armenians in a massacre that lasted 4 days. The bodies were later dumped and buried in pits in the Christian cemetery. Shenk, R. America's Black Sea Fleet. Naval Institute Press 2012, pp. 103-105.
1921   Aksag Topal Osman Ağa and his çetes slaughter approximately 40 residents (ie. half of the village residents). Some survivors fled and hid in the mountains. Note: Aksag, approximate location on map. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p.150.
1921 Jul Adaköy Men, women and children were herded into houses which were then set on fire. All those who escaped were shot. 600 massacred. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.211-212.
1921 Jul Samsun One village burned by Nationalists and 82 bodies of men, women and children found floating in the Kizil Irmak River. Turks Massacre 82 Greeks, New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.), 22 July 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
1921   Kartepe The town was first looted on the 15th of May 1920, but on the 25th of March 1921, Kemalist forces returned and continued the looting and massacred the population. Faltaits, K. The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies from the Nicomedia(Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921. Cosmos 2016, pp. 65-69.
1921 Aug Kavak 1,300 Greeks shot in two and a half hours at Kavak. Rendel, W. British Documents on Foreign Affairs: Reports and Papers from the Foreign Office Confidential Print. Part II, Series B, Volume 3. University Publications of America, 1985, p.85.
c.1921   Çakalli Women and children locked up in houses of the village and burnt alive. Central Council of Pontus. Black Book: The Tragedy of Pontus. Athens 1922. p.20.
1921 Aug Kocadağ Kemalists set fire to Greek villages. Nearly 3,000 inhabitants burned alive in flaming houses they were prevented from escaping. TURKS MASSACRE CHRISTIANS. (1921, August 27). The Maitland Weekly Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1931), p. 13. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
1921 Aug Bafra Massacre of 2,000 within 8 days. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.222.
1921 Sep Kurtsuyu Kurtsuyu and neighbouring Christian villages pillaged then burned. Many old men and women burnt alive. Yeghiayan, V. British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.227.
1921 Sep Samsun Turks kill 466 Greek refugees who were in a convoy that was destined for the coast. TURKS MASSACRE REFUGEES. (1921, September 8). Recorder (Port Pirie, SA : 1919 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
1921 Oct Bafra Greek villages burnt, men massacred, men and women deported in Bafra district. GREEKS MASSACRED. (1921, October 19). Daily Standard (Brisbane, Qld. : 1912 - 1936), p. 4 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved October 24, 2017.
1921 Nov Guioz-Keuy (unknown location) Seven priests from Alacam, Bafra and outlying districts were arrested and after being publicly tortured, were crucified at the market place. V. Yeghiayan, British reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007. p.236.
1921 Nov Samsun 300 Greeks massacred at Samsun. MASSACRE OF GREEKS. (1921, November 26). Daily Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1915 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
1922 Feb Beyalan After raping and killing a number of girls, Topal Osman Ağa's çetes gathered 300 people from the village including
men, women and children, locked them up in two houses and set fire to the house.
The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek. p. 262.
1922 Apr Samsun Massacre of Christians at Samsun. Nationalists surrounded and set fire to the Greek quarters, shooting at those who fled. Massacre of Greeks by Turks, The Maui news. (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.), 18 April 1922. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
1922 Jun Kavak 1,300 Christian women and children taken to the interior of Turkey and all massacred. MASSACRE OF CHILDREN (1922, June 15). Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928), p. 5. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
1922 Aug Akçay Greeks from Edremit who were waiting at Akçay for transport out of Turkey were taken to a gorge near Araplar and killed. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek., p.229.
1922   İzmir On the 13th of September 1922, nationalist Kemalist forces entered the city, set fire to it, and proceeded to massacre its Greek and Armenian population. Estimates range from 10,000 to 100,000 killed. Numerous accounts and news reports.
1922 Sep Çakallar 600 mine workers from the nearby Balya mines are slaughtered with the strike of a bayonet beside trenches that were prepared the day prior. The corpses were then set on fire and Kemalist soldiers remained at the scene for 2 or 3 days until they were completely burned. Puaux, René. Les derniers jours de Smyrne. Paris 1923, pp.43-44.
1922 Sep Urla A wholesale massacre of Greeks. Females raped and abducted. Puaux, René. Les derniers jours de Smyrne. Paris 1923, pp.35-41.
1922 Sep Güre Massacre of Greeks who were awaiting for ships to exit Turkey. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.236.
1922 Sep Dereköy Massacre of Greeks who were ordered to a gorge at nearby Havran and were all shot. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.238.
1922 Sep Çoruk All 200 residents were massacred. The villagers were taken to a place called Valanithia just past Frengioy where they were all shot. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.245.
1922 Sep Biga A wholesale massacre of Greeks at nearby Yenice (or Intzekioy) that started one evening and ended the following morning. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.257.
1922 Sep Havran Sizeable number of Greeks from Havran (Grk: Freneli) escaped to nearby Akçay, near Edremit (see Akçay 1922) where a large proportion of them were killed en masse. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.247.
1922 Sep Balikesir Wholesale massacre of Greeks. Hundreds of girls abducted. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.263.
1922 Sep Elpizli Massacre of Greeks. Location approximate and based on available information. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. P.338.
1922 Sep Bahçecik 105 Greek males from Şile were marched to a Turkish village just outside of Bahçecik where they were to be slaughtered but locals complained. They were taken to a nearby field, unclothed and slaughtered with knives. One male survived. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.344.
1922 Sep Pınarbaşı Massacre of Greeks. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.25.
1922 Sep Çesme Greeks who were unable to flee in time on vessels were massacred. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.70.
1922 Sep Yağcılar Massacre of Greeks. The perpetrators were Turks from the neighboring Turkish villages of Kuskular and Salaptalar. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.71.
1922 Sep Alibey Adasi Wholesale massacre of Greeks just outside of town. Many men and women executed by gunshot. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.96,100.
1922 Sep Bergama Massacre of 800 Greeks at Agia Kastriani, Teke-Bugaz, Sayindere, Ay Yianni, Kayiatzikia and Yigma-Tepe. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.140.
1922 Sep Bademli Over 100 Greeks massacred. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.142.
1922 Sep Çandarli Massacre of Greeks. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.143.
1922   Kavuklu A massacre of Greeks. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor. Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek. p.271.
1922 Sep Dikili Wholesale massacre of Greeks along the shores of Dikili. The massacre was so violent the shoreline was strewn with the blood and bones of the massacred victims. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek. p.145.
1922 Sep Akhisar Wholesale massacre of men, women and children. The women and children were massacred with machine guns in a nearby ravine under the eyes of the local Muslim population who arrived to watch the spectacle from surrounding heights. Puaux, René. Les derniers jours de Smyrne. Paris 1923, p.45.
1922 Sep Balikesir Province Upon the arrival of a division of the Kemalist regular army under the command of Kiarim Bey, the Christians of Balya Maden and Balikesir were assembled on the 18th of September to be deported to Ankara. Instead they were massacred somewhere between Balya Maden and Karaağaç. Wells and ditches were opened and corpses were thrown in and burned. The victims amounted to several thousand. Puaux, René. Les derniers jours de Smyrne. Paris 1923, pp.41-42.
1922 Oct Ezine A telegram from Çanakkale reported a general massacre of Greeks at Ezine. GREEKS SPEEDING UP REMOVAL OF REFUGEES (1922, October 16). Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW : 1888 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45586377
1922 Nov Urum Çiftlik Massacre of 13 Greeks. Approximate location on map based on available information. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor. Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek. p.531.
1922 Nov Bereketli Maden 35 men including three 13 year old children were taken to a place near Yelatan and massacred. Around the same time, 100 carpenters from Bereketli Maden were also massacred in various places further south in the Cilicia region. The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor. Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek. p.268.
1923   Gürümze Massacre of 125 Greeks. Residents were ordered to gather outside the town's church where they were ordered to hand over their valuables. They were then locked inside the church which was then torched. Some were slaughtered with a scimitar. Among the dead were 3 priests. Kenanides, L. The Settlement of Asia Minor Refugees from Cappadocia in the villages of (Nea) Aravisou, (Nea) Axou and Neos Milotopos in the province of Yiannitsa. In Greek. Thessaloniki 2008, A, pp.152-153.

 

Some of the sources used to compile the list:  

- Ecumenical Patriarchate, Constantinople. Persecution of the Greeks in Turkey 1914-1918. The Hesperia Press, London 1919.
- Carroll N. Brown Ph.D and Theodore P. Ion D.C.L. Persecution of the Greeks in Turkey since the beginning of the European War. Oxford University Press, New York 1918.
- Ecumenical Patriarchate, Constantinople. The Black Book of the Sufferings of the Greek People in Turkey from the Armistice to the end of 1920. Constantinople: Press of the Patriarchate, 1920.
- The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of the Western Shoreline of Asia Minor. Volume A. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 1980. In Greek.
- The Exodus: Testimonies from the Regions of Central and Southern Asia Minor. Volume B. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2004. In Greek.
- The Exodus: Testimonies from the Central Regions of Pontus. Volume C. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2013. In Greek.  
- The Exodus: Testimonies from the Western Seashores of Pontus and Paphlagonia. Volume E. Center of Asia Minor Studies, Athens 2016. In Greek.
- Yeghiayan, Vartkes. British Reports on Ethnic Cleansing in Anatolia 1919-1922: The Armenian-Greek Section. Center for Armenian Remembrance (CAR), 2007.
- Faltaits, K. The Genocide of the Greeks in Turkey: Survivor Testimonies from the Nicomedia (Izmit) Massacres of 1920-1921. Cosmos 2016
- Puaux, René. La Mort de Smyrne. Édition de la revue des Balkans. Paris 1922.  
- Puaux, René. Les derniers jours de Smyrne. Paris 1923.
- Central Council of Pontus. Black Book: The Tragedy of Pontus. Athens 1922.
- Persecutions of the Greeks in Turkey Before the European War, Archimandrite Alexander Papadopoulos. Oxford University Press, New York, 1919.
- The Exodus: Testimonies from the Eastern Seashores of Pontus. Volume D. Center of Asia Minor Studies, 2nd ed, Athens 2018. In Greek

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