Greek Genocide

The historical memory of the Pontian Genocide remains alive, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras tweeted on occasion of National Memorial Day on May 19, for the ethnic cleansing of nearly 300,000 Pontian Greeks in the aftermath of the first World War between 1914-1923. “May 19 is a day of remembrance and respect to the Greeks of Pontos.

In honor and memory of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos, we present to you a link to a book edited in 1920 by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, that records just a fruction of the sufferings of the Greek populations by the Neo-Turks of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

Web Edition Note

The following article is a summary of the events of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos, the memory of which the Greeks around the world honor today:

Cosmos Philly, a web-site with Greek-American news from Philadelphia, published a small but important analysis that sheds light to the Genocide of the Greeks of Asia Minor by the Ottoman Turks.

It compares it with the Jewish Genocide and it attempts to answer the question, why it is that so few know of the Genocide of the Greeks of Anatolia.

A very interesting analysis about the real fate of the Greeks of Asia Minor. What is important about it is that it has been written by a Turkish researcher and is being presented in the website of an organization -“Philos Project”- that is not affiliated with Greece, hence it could not be accused of been biased.

The Greek-Canadian Senator Leo Housakos delivered a speech in the Canadian Senate about the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontos from 1916 to 1923 and the need to be recognized by the Canadian government.

Two Canadian Senators are campaigning for the recognition of the Pontian Greek Genocide in the Canadian Senate.

This is good, dear public. As if we haven't exhausted everything that we could possibly become polarized about, we are now moving quickly to the point where we will polarize even national victories and national holidays. 

The Pontian Association of Greece has organized a protest at Syntagma square at the centre of Athens.

This is the second time they gathered to protest against the statements of Minister of Education Nikos Filis who refuted the Pontic Genocide.

The Pontian Association calls all its members to participate in the protest to ask government to remove Mr. Filis from his position.

Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) Education Minister Nikos Filis is under fire for his comments during an interview on Monday refuting the Pontic Genocide followed by conservative New Democracy deputy Miltiadis Varvitsiotis’ revelations that high school students are no longer being taught about this dark chapter in recent history.