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A few short notes of the Tur~ish cruelties perpetrated agains,t the greeks of the Pontus
during the ni'onths of June, July and August.
1921
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The Tragedy of Baffra
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The Tragedy of Oinoe
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Pl'eface
Statistiques
Bref l'ecit de quelques-unes des cruautes commise! par les Tures c~ntre l' Hellenisme du Poni
pendant les mois du J uin, J uillet et Aout 1912
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PREFACE
PREFACE
The Central Council of Pontus fulfils a sad duty in publishing this Black Book.
We are anxious to give to the civilised world a real picture of
the ills which the Turks have inflicted upon a small and nobleJiation whose fate and mission ever since the anCient times,
kas been to fight for its independence
moral and political
and suffer for freedom and civilisation.
In this pamphlet we bave published of£icialstatistiCs drawn;.""'from the archives of the. Oeucumenical Patriarchate, and reports
iescribing
the crimes committed by the Turks against t!;te-
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Christians of the regicl11 of Pontus.
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Since the .year 1914 the Ottoman
Government,
on the.
lines of a plan organised and premeditated has caused more'
than 1.500.000 Greeks and Armenians of Asia 1'\'Iil1,orto bemassacred by its local agents. The infortunate Greek populations of Pontus have been decimated by murder and privation,.
ltave witnessed their churches profaned, their daughters violated, their wives dishol1oured, babies snatched from the arms
.f their mothers and hurled against the walls, old 1?en and
children burned within the churches and priests massacred
under the portals. These unheard of, unnameable
atrocities.
have been commited by those very beings, whom the consdence of the civilised peoples and of their rulers, has placed,
outside civilised Humanity," and declared them excluded fromthe family of nations, as unworthy and incapable to rule other
peoples, particulary Christians.
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The Central Council of Pontus, appeals to .all high.,minded
and humanitarian men and women and hopes that the cons&ience of the civilised world will be rouse sufficiently to sti-
Le Conseil Central du Pont accomplit un triste devoir en
editant ce livre noir. Il a voulu donner au monde civilise un
image reel des catastrophes que les Turcs ont cause sur une.,
petite et noble natiop, dont la mission, des l'antiquite, fut de
combattre
pour son independance
morale et politique et de
souffrir pour la liberte et la civilisation.
Dans cette brochure
nous avons pubUe des statistiques
-omci'eles puisees du Patriarcat
Oecumimique et des exposes
ou sont decrits les crimes commis par les Turcs contreles
Chretiens de la region du Pont.
Des 1914 Ie gouvernement Ottoman sur un programme
organise et premedite a fait massacrer, par ses autorites locales,
dans l' Asie Mineure plus de 1.500.000 Grecs et Armeniens!
Les malheureuses
populations
Grecs du Pont furent decimes
par les meurtres et les privations, virent leurs temples souilles,
leurs vierges violes, leurs femmes deshonorees, de petits enfants arraches aux bras de leurs meres pour etre lances centre
les rours, des vieiUards et des enfants brules dans les eglises
et des pretres m<}ssacres sous les portails.
Ces atrocites inouies et sans nom ont ete commises par
ceux-Ia memes que la conscience des peuples civilises et de
leurs
Gouvernants
mit au ban de la civilisation et declara
exc1us de la famille des nations comme indignes et incapables
de gouverner d'autres peuples suttout de peuples chretiens.
Le C6nseil Central du Pont fait appel aux atnes elevees
et humanitaires et espere que la conscience du monde civilise sera soulevee pour stigmatiser les horreurs denonces dont
la simple tolerance constitue un~ horrte pour l'humanite.
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gmatise the horrors denounced, horrors, which men,]y to tolerate, would be a shame to Humanity,
Central
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15~ Paparigopoulo
POiztus
Athens
14th january
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des vi/les et vt'llages gvecs du .!!Pon!,don! les oa6ili:zn!s
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5) Ceux qui pour eviter
pris
eiz-cumscriptzhn
,0
ne restent
3) Ceuxdesexilesqlii
s~ trou.vent encore en, vie. . . ..
4) <.::euxqui ont eu lachance
"i
Ainsi la destnlctioh £eroceet ,nefaste seJlemeht dans la circonscription de iaMetropole
di' Amassia: coute sur 1570]8 persotmes
.134078!
'
there
1)a,Samsoun des fem'mes, d~s
enfallts ages demoins de
12 ans .,.etdes vieillardsde
plu~ de 65 ans, environ.
1000
2)a Sinope et a 1>~l1terieur,
de se'trouver,
2000
~69
218
645
506
44;
193
22L
486
203
366
157078
of.,Arnassia
.
So the ferocjous.. desn-1-lct~on,~o~ts only in the circurps~riptioR
.-of the Metropolis' of' Amassia a ,Joss Of"134°,78 men on a total
,of 157078.
'II
't.,
3768
5
"pe ces 157078 Ch;retiens de la M,etropoled'Am~ssia
en vie qu'(;':nvirsm 23°00, coI;6.n1esuit, :
1) In Samsoun"'womep.
and
boys of less than 12 years
of age and old.menof m,ore
",il),
.1.
/:3inc:rpe.
(mutessarifl1k)
l"ro'fite Elia.s
25~
vK:M:adja K~uy
I YpJ>:ari !(euv
340
Djessis aere
I87 ,"
Keqe
583 '
Domouz alan
397
Morza
358
Halassi
646
Yarna
39'6
l'aIdja
766
Ayanton
Tosse
total
148679
>
J
$000
23000
'I~'
"1,144505
.,83
174
1
gnes .entre SamS01ltJ, et
Ba.'ffra, mais ql,1.isontdejii
'cond.ainrtes~ a la'mort
par
. . . . . . ..
p~.pU1ati~n
g recq~e,
.'-
report
:soun .a~d: B~ffr;J.1 already
condamned
to" die with"
","
hunger
and be starved
with cold'. .
i
~
the greek
cities and villages
villes et villages
villes
ti"
II'
,"
~ities and villages
13 --'-
,'I
540
560
534
23466
269
1418
652
367
170
\1
.v
"
26342
---'
~>634a
"'
'I;
"
"I
.,
,\
r I
!
I
~
14-
I
report
I
!
Djite
26342
284
report
(Ca,za
26626f:
a reporter
26626
590i!
27216
total
:1
/,1
I
i :,
Exterminated
by the confiscation of their fortunes,
tions, cold hunger, assassination and massacre.
exile, viola-
eireumseription
.
"~
il
"
(du Caza de Tripoli)
TripoIis
KHsseporon
(Caza Elevi)
Elevi
(Caza Rizeh)
Rizeh
I
(Caza Platana)
Platana
Raloyena
Fiz
Cartzea
(du Caza
Ass;r
CaIliera
.~
I
I
.
Strouk1
Mersini
Agridi
Fyssera
Frangoulanton
(Caza Sourmena)
Kinonissa
Carakantsi
Mexezi
DjikoIi
a reporter
513
515
465
330
122
li688
2245
776
507
1096
16312
report
Moulkanton
Houmurkianton
Assou
Halaniki
(Caza Ofi)
Yiga
Kofika
Krisitza
Lekka
(Caza Trebizonde)
Kiladi
DQurha
MQun~a
Argall
Karlouki
Komera
KouhIa
Samarouxa
MegaIi Samarouxa
Ohtsa
Sessera
Fantak
des diverses autres
communautes
total
!
Exterminated
by the confiscation
of their fortunes,
tions, cold hunger,
assassination
and massacre.
"
,.
Mandjero
52&
63:}
850
280
l86OZ,
306
135
430
34
19507
730
630
465
402
420
146,
570
345
660
270
310
170'
24619
13815
38434
exile, viola--
-"
Ak-djal
Gh.argaena
Desmena
Simikli
I'
reporte
18390
575
Amvril£J.on
Fjtff~
Papavram
Sarantar
]Iedjouk
Bopsia
Gholi
Fetikes
Mavrena
1631Z
oj 3taldias
de la fMetropofe 3taldias
de Toroul)
.coronyxa
de fa fJrlefropofe de 'f:re6izo!t.r;;2300
135
2435
1250
3685
2000
5685
19°0
460
472
438
55Q
238
of ffie fMetropolis
eirconscription
"-
eireonscripfion
r
J,
.
eircumscrlpfion
oj ffje fMefropofis oj ~e6izonde
I
I
"
I,
(1epouille~ de leurs biens confisques, morts en exil, par la faim et
Ie fraid, violes, pillt~s, assassines, tues et massacres.
;1
rl
i
depouilles de leurs biens confisques, morts en exil, par la faim et
Ie froid, violes, pilles, assassines, tues et massacres.
F<ttza)
Fatza
<,
15-
Sari papa
S3;rpisKeuy
A vliana
Adyssa
Arta bel'
Mankadion
Eeytarla
Djimbrika
Ryakion
Paleohorion
Haviana
Djiti
Demirdji Keuy
Djolahana
Palayia
J>iourd xani
it reporter
280
1380
356
287
850
289
570
340
1650
249
286
802
Kanak
KeIentQn
Derena
}
LQndjion
Almis
Kalitz
Ayannis
Simera
Ramatananton
I
Massananton
(Gaza Chei:ran)
Yokari Tarsos
380
2508
820
220
798
.835
420
387
248
358
450
285
797
465
35°
405
380
370
1839°
} 230G
Achaghi
Tarsos
Belen
Oulon
cheiran
Mavrolith
TchaQul
Zimon
Gun- batour
Papoussi
Djapoutli
Pindjanton
Duman-oloughi
Somki
Parotzi
(Caza
Kelkit)
Tangar
Sion
a
J
20690
950
658
496
315
4°5
358
398
185
3°5
297
155
469
240
2°4
26125
270
258
reporter
26653
~
~
.
JII!
m1
16
.,--
17-
<:~,\
'1'
w
(Caza Tripoli)
Cara- Kaya
Erseil-maden
Akdje Kliss~
Ouroudja-maden
Devekli it.
<
Nial
Court- beH
,-'
. 2665~i
~
"
"
"I'
Yamourdja
Prassari
DereJi
Carali
roma
Ghebe-~lisse
Djaghtak
Yem-Keuy
Mexen
.\.
,:~
'~
}'~II II
m
ili'J
ii'
!J1
'"
J
h5po(!!,
maden
I~
II
[\II
'11,:
..
Abda! bazJ'Xi
i
Halhad
i'
Aktach
Patzatak
Cara 'gheukeIi
Yirlik maden
:/JI'I
\!I"
"
J
61653
350.
6j
!
""j
)
'II i
}
J
Dat deressi
26653
i '579
IJ
Caradjoren
J-
total
62003
645$2
exile, viola-
depouilles de leurs biens confisqw3s, morts en exil, par la faim et
Ie fraid, violes, pilles, assassines, tues et massacres.
tJb:cumscription oj tfje Metropolis
oj fRodopolis
(3rtatzlia).
report
(du Caza de Toro1lI)
Ishananton
1
Ypapanri
:Pistofanton
?ersanton
,
Kostordos
Hortokopi
Mountantos
S:l1lOya
urnadjantoll.
KopaIanton
Pinatanton
Kozlarantoa
\ .".
(Caza Matm)
Yananton
Damaha
4811
279
611
a repo..
J
5700
Sahnoyi-thersa
Spilea-Havan
Gumuchhane
et alentours
(caza Yemc:ura)
Kospidi
Sco pia
total
Exterminated
by the cqnfiscation of their fortunes,
tions, cold hURger, a!sassihation and massacre.
}
5700
206
123
205
209
953
4°2
1
i
J
- 835.
1614$
1137
194
17479
exile, viola-
.C;pouilles de leurs biens confisques, morts en exil, par la faim et
Ie froid, violt~s, pilles, assassines, tues et massacres.
2
I
J_.
a reporter
t
Bahdjedjik
Sekekachi
!
I
I
Djik~it#i
Gul punar
I
~
t!irconscripfion de fa .flftetropole de fRodopolis (c9Ytatzlia).
'1
(Caia Baybourt)
Halva maden
(Caza Akd1!gh maden)
Carabir
Koullak .
Evd ji
Djakal
Hopouz
Dokouz
'j!
Tep~~,Keu~
Ba~ar maden
Ii
6206.31
Sahina-dere
,.fii.i
I
~ )
Beledjik
Bolakli
Balan
Omalohori
Ormanohori
Liamlatinon
Livadia
Keyichoglou
Yedi. chechri
'Kadi-Kichla
Dourgout
Oloudja
Teke Kuneghi
AlmaIli
Keysseri
Kouch-Kaya
a reporter
report
62003
1
I
Djorleyik '.
Demirdjil{euy
.:KaleKuneyi
Koiizviran
Soghouk-dama
Rakan
report
Exterminated by the cOJ1fiscation of their fortunes,
tio!1s, cold hunger, assassination and massacre.
.'
Kayahissar
MeEcli
Djlkmen
Roum
a reporter'
v
I~"I
:ll)1JIi
Ii"
I?jal
Divliz
Keyirez
KouchcKaya
Saraydjik
Yol-aghiz
l{assiopi
:Divan'
Cara-E:I;}k
Agalik maden
Lahana maderi
Sakhahra
Yaglidere
Hapsatchalr
Monastir
Kizil Kaya
Ghozonik
266 5' ~.I!
"'rl;port
Asl~n4jik';"
(Gaza Kenrssunde)
Kir har'kart
Armout alan
Kotylia
Ayanni
Ada-beuyou:k:
Ada-donzi
Satl-maden
Eselli maden
Djim~haDton
Elevi
,"'.
'it
lIP
""'"
6200J,
".
II
,~
- 18-
GENERAL
J
f
eir:cumscription t)ft6e c9Yleb:opolisoj eolonias
eircons(:ription de la c9Yletropoleeolonias
1"
(du Caza de Carahissar
charki)
Valdjana
Troubdji
Hahavia
Alissor
Jsbahan mal1lessi
C a Ia d'JOuk
"'1510
1058
456
889
726
155
Aladjahan
Mond,olas.
Me~temeh
(Caza Ebech)
In 0;10U
Bazar
Kiziki beleu
175
807
Tchamli Kale
' '
D ere. K euy
"
K euv- d epe
'
A rmou t d jaYJr
'
K aya l 1 K aya
'
D Je t oura
Gul-ali
'"
D Je,ep
"
C aya-aepe
.
M ouraSSJ
Ovadjouk
Courbaghi
Essola
F€yleri
(Caza Messoudie)
Anastos
. .
CamJchl1
5776
705
955
-
Exterminated
tions,
depouilles
Ie froid,
by
8211
,
95°
4512
de leurs biens
assassination
confisques,
piUes, assassines,
en provinces
ecctessiastiques
~'rti,
-
g
I
~'4~
total
of their fortunes,
i
of t6e victims of !!Pontus
,according to 'e.cclesiastical provinces and l}ree/i comlflunifics
TABLEAU
GENERAL
des vzc#mes du !!Pont
:Metrop.Qls: Communities:
:M€trop,oles: Communautes:
Amass!a
400
~eocesar~e
95
TrebizOnde
70
Chaldee
145
Rodopolis
4;1
Colonia
64
$15
1
Y,
610
607
14890
the confiscatipn
cold hunger,
violes,
~
\ ..
656
450
750
450
.
225
Hindjiri
(Caza Kerdjen€)
.Caw Keuy
Rifahie
,
Condyha
Pistour
a reporter
16684
-
'
Alissix
1489&
79455&
450
report
exile,
L
21448
viola-'
and ma.ssacre.
morts en exiI, par 130faim et
tues et massacres.
.
DESCRIPTION
Churches:
Eglises:
603
135
127
182
53
74
1134
-
et commpnautes
Schools:
Ecole,s:
518
106
84
152
45
55
000-
"\'
grecgues
Exterminated population:
'Population detruite
134078
27216
38434
64582
17479
21448
303238
,
Of this descripti()n;
it is seen thad
815 prospering
communities
have b~en totally ruined,
all the Greek villages with
their
11.134 churches
and
960
schoolsplmldered
and
burnt,
fortunes
won py' 500 "years
har,d la;bours,
remounting
to more than
Ii! mUll/trds
of ,francs
have been, stolen and carried
off ana a population
of 303238, men has
'be~n exterminated
by the fire aIld the" steel. Many of them
havebeenhanget
or dJ:edby
the cold. The massacres
near
:Kavak,
DjQomboosh
hau,
Selamelik
aud Kiz Alan and the
slaughter
of Ada, Karapertchine,
Tek~ keuy ,DlIerzifoun,
the
jnhabitansof
the last city having bean exterminated
in the
handing
of the French
f:;Chool, and the nm;nerous,
hangings
of Amal!,sia ,serve ~s an underniable
proof
of' this extermination. . TJ;lEfSe monatruoUs,
deeds:
assassinations,
violat,ions,
1'0bberi~s, sequestrations,
arbitrary
confiscations
of fortunes,
3!ld eV,erY kind of unheard
of atrocities
committed
by the
Turks
whether
Unionists
or Kemalists
are much 'more
hor:rible than the massacres
Of Armenians
in 1915.
De cf.}, tableau
il tessort
que 815 communautes
grecques
floriss-antes
ont ete totalemeht
detruites,
tons les villages
greos avec leurs
1l:}4 eglises ot 960 ecoles sont pUles et mis
en feu, d~8 proprietes
acquises
de puis 500 aI+s at s' Meva.nt
A des milliards
furent
enlevees
et volees at toute
une
population
de 303238,personnes
a. ete exterminee
par Ie feu at
~e fer, Ie coup defusi1
otl8. pendaison,
lafaim
et Ie froid et
a. cet extermination
servent
des temoignJ'Lges irreflltables
lea
mass/l>cres en ms"sse pres, de Cavak, Pjimbouch
han, Sela.melik
et Kiz alan et les hol09a~stes
a. Ada, Ca.rapertchine,
Tekke keuy
at Merzifoun,
danS 1'e"tablissem-ent
meme de l' ecole Fran<;aise
-at lespendaisons
inno-mbrables'
d' Amassia,
etc. Davant ces actas
~onstrueu:x',
assassi::J.ats"" viols, vols, sequestrations
et c6nfisoatlOns arbitraires
de biens at tOutes sortes
d 'attOcites
inoiues
~ommises pa.1' les Turcs,
Unionistes
011.Ke~alistes,
8urp assen10
de beaucoup
en horrenr
les massacres
Armeniens
de 1915.
!!'
,I
,I
'
A FEW SHORT NOTES OF THE TURKISH
CRUELTIES
PERPETRATED
AGAINST
THE GREEKS OF THE
~ONTUS
(Turkish
coast of the Black Sea)
DURING THE MONTHS OF JU:NE,
.rUL Y, AND AUGUST 1921.
District
of Trapezont
- Sourmain-Riza..
Durig the month of July 1911, nearly
between 16 and 50 years, was expatriated.
slaughtered.
District
of'Tripolis-Kerazond
Boulan
BREF
.
the who!e of the 'male population"
On their way most ef them were
The dietrict
of Fatsas
suffered the same' atrocities.
District
and
Oinoe
..Au distrIct
de Trebizonde-Sourmaine-RIza.
Pendant les mois de Juillet 1921 toute la population male de r6 a 5° ans
\
:fut ex.patriee.
Au district
tZ1\k-Ordou.
Osman Agas, who is known and famous fer his fereclty an~ his blood-.
-thirsty instincts, after having murdered the greatest part of the notables"
and robbed them of their fortune!!, denorted,
during the month of July, the
male population to Harpout, Mamouret-oul-Azis,
and Alpistan; while he shared.
the beautiful women with his fellow-partisans.
Many of these unfortunate
people were conveyed' .by the Tsedd~s into the mountains. Women and children"
who are left unprovided for and completely denuded, perish from hunger.
From the 25°0 -Greeks of Tripolis, there are left only two hundred women and and children, and from 14,000 C;;ceek in abitants of Kerazond, only'
4000 women and.'children
are still alive.
equally
invaded
by Osman
1
l
In this distict the extermination
was carried through more eystematicall:r
& with more cruelty. The male population was deported in five convoys, the'
first of which c01j.nted 2000, the second 1901, the third once more 2000, and
the fifth and sixth, 500 and 620 of these miserables.
While these convoys-.
went downward a hill, not far fror the litHe town of Kavak,
situated at a
distance of 8 hours from Samsoun, the Turkish escort suddenly fired at them"
and thus they killed from the first convoy 330 and from the third 660 men.
The losses of the other conyoys are still unknown. The surviyers, deprived of
whatever they possessed, even of their clothes, were exiled to Malatia, Harpout, Mamouret-oul.Aziz,
and Alpistan,
more like phantoms than human
oeings.
The little
village
of Tzakaly,
four hours hon Samlloun, Osman.
Agas'ordered
the women and children (the men having beeD previously de-.
ported) to be locked up in some houses of the village; and there they wereo
aunt
alive.
"
En route Ia plupart d 'entre eux fUl,ent
de Tripolis-Xerassunde-Boulantzag-Ordou.
massacres.
Osman Agas deja connu et renomme par sa ferocite et par ses instinctl
:sanguinaires,
ayant a:isassine la plus grande partie des notables et s'etant ap.-proprie leurs fortunes, deporta pendant le mois de Juillet la population mAle
..3.Charpout, Mamouret-oul-Aziz
et Alpistan; tandis que les belles femmes et
les viersses furent partagees entre lui et ses partisans.
Beaueoup de ces mal.11eureuses furent en trainees par les Tseddes dans les montagnes.
Les femmes
et les enfants depourvues
de tout et denudes complHement
se meurent
...de faim. De 25°° Grecs de Tripolis il ne reste plus que 200 femmes et enfants
..,et de 14°°0 habitants grees de Kerassonde
ne survivent que 4000 femmes
,~t enfants.
Le district
de Fatsa
at Oinoe,
envahi par Osman A.gas, subit Ie sort
de Kerassonde.
.Dans Ie district
dc Samsoun-Baffra.,
I 'extermination
fut exeeutee plus
systematiquement
et avec plus d'atrocites.
La population miHe fut deportee
.en 5 convois, comprenant
Ie premier
2000, le deuxieme
19°1, Ie troisieme
.2000, Ie. quatrieme et Ie cinquieme 5°° et 620 de ees malheureux.
Non loin
..de la petite ville de Kavak, situee a 8 heures de Samsoun,
pendant que les
~onvois deseendaient
une pente, les organes du pouvoir
ture qui les accom."
Aga~*
Samsoun-Ba.ffrll..
REeIT
DE QUELQUES-UNES
des CRUAUTES
COMMISES
par les TURCS contre
L'HELLENIS ME du PONT-EUXIN
pendant
les
MOIS de .rUIN, JUILLET
ET
1921
AOUT
.
.,pagnaient,
tirant incessament
sur eux tuerent 33° du premier et 660 dtl
troisieme convois. On ignore les pertes des autres convois. Les survivants
.spolies de tout ce qu'ils portaient, meme de leurs habits, et ressemblant ain~
.ca des spectres errants,
furent envoyes 3. Maladia, Charpout,
Mamouret-ouIAziz et Alpistan.
Dans
Ie village
de Tsakalli,
a quatre heures de distance de Sam.soun, Osman Agas fit enfermer les femmes et les enfants, (les hommes ayant
..He d~portes d'avance) d~s. quelques maison du village etles y briila vivantes.
Dans
Ie village
de Kavac
il commit les memes horreurs. Seul UlI
'''{'ieillard de 80 ans fut sauve~
I
A Kavza i1 assembla les femmes et les enfants au bord de la riviere, les
:massacra, et les jeta ensuite dans la riviere. Les villages grecs 'de ee district
- 21In the
villagewas of
Kava.k
of eighty
saved.
he commited
the same crimes; a single
old;
t
At Kavza
droyewere
together
the and
women
and into
children
on the banks
the river,
wherehe they
massacred
thrown
the river.
of
All the Greek villages of this district were laid in ashes. Eighteen bri-des and girls of the above villages were picked out by Osman Agas for their
heauty, :in order to be distributed
to his fellow-crimiDals,
who after having
during
and
burntseveral
them days
alive.satisfied their carnal appetites, shut them up in a house;
At Merzifond Osman Agas and his companions,
after having completely
1
1tereaved all the Christians, put fire to the Greek aud Armenian quarters.
The scenes which took place in the course of the fire were heart appalling.
All the exits are barricaded, and the miserables trying to escape, are eithermercilessly killed, or thrown back into the fire, without distinction of women,
children and old men. In the lapse:of 5 hours 1800 houses together with theirinhabitants,
were burnt down. It is impossible to describe the orgies commit
-ted against the virgins and children. While they were performing these/cruelties, they Shollted ad their victims;
«'Where ara now your English, YOUy
Americans,
and your Ghrist to help you?>
At Baffra, having extorted
from every map., from 50 to 2000 pounds",
they deported the male population and near the town they killed in a week'-\,
time 200 of them. Once the expatriation
completed the soldiers togetherwith the Turkish inhabitauts
plundered the houses and establishments
of theGreeks. The pillage lasted for several days. The women and children who es.aped from the massacre, are lacking of everything, even of their daily bread.
Illnesses and hunger complete the total annihilation.
All the Greek viJIages.around Samsoun
were laid in ashes; the fortunes of the Greeks robbed, therirgins and youug boys dishonoured,
and driven to the mountains.
Many of
the latter ones, in order to avoid the disgrace in the hands of the Turks,
committed and
suicide.
Fop the same reason, many parents
killed their 01VUo
daughters
children.
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somePontus,
of theinstarements,
told by ocular witnesses, to the Cen,tral Council
of the
Athens.
A the n s,
October
17th,
1921.
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. furent incendies; dixhuit nouvelles-mariees
et filles des ,.iJlages ci devant,choisies d'Osman Agas comme les plus belles, furent distribuees allX chefs de sa
bande, lesquels apres avoir pendant plusiem:s jours assouvis sur elles toutes
leurs convoitises bestiales, les enfermerent
dans une maison de Kana et les
y firent briiler vivantes.
A Merzi~oun Osman Agas et ses sateIlites, apres avoir debouiUe les chretiens de tout ce qu'ils possedaient,firent
mettre Ie feu aux quartiers grecs et
armeniens. II y eut des scenes horribles pendant I' incendie; to utes les sorties
sont barrees et les malheureux
qui essayent de se sauver, so.nt ou tues, ou
~ien impitoyablement
rejetes dans Ie feu, sans distinction
de femmes, d'enfants et de vieillards. Mille huit cents maisons avec leurs habitauts
furent
prulees en 5 heures. II est impossible de decrire les orgies imprndentes
contre
les vierges et les enfants. Pendant qu'ils les commettaient,
ils disaient a leurs
victimes cyniquement.
<qit sont maiutenant vos Anglais, vos Americains
et
votre Jesus Christ ?>
A Baffra, apres avoir extorque de la population male de 50 a 2000 Jiyres
de chacun, ils les firent depprter, ct non loin de la ville, ils en tuerent 2000
dans une semaine. Apres l'cxtermination
les organes du pouvoir avec les habitants turcs pilIerent Jes malsons et les etablissements des Grecs. Ce pillage
dura pendant des jours entiers. Les femmes et les enfants
echappes au massac-re manquent de tout, meme du pain quotidien.
Les maladies et la faim
parachevent
Ie eomp1et aneantissement.
Tous les villages grecques des environs de Samsoun
furent
incendies;
les habitans deb01:.i1Ies de leurs fortunes; les vierges et les garc;ons furent deshonores et enleves dans les montagnes.
Plusieurs d'entre elles ne vouJant subir Ie deshonneur,
se suidderent
en se pendant. Beaucoup de parents en ne
supportant
pas a voir leurs fiiles et leurs enfants
etre deshonores
dans les
mains des Turcs, les tuerent eux-memes.
D'apres les depositions
des temoins oculaires'
Central du Pont-Euxin
a Athenes.
A the
n e s Ie 15 Octobre
1921
recueillies
par Ie Conseil
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SUPPLEMENTARY
sliI1 The
continues.
systematical
annihilation
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of the Christian
TO THE
populations
ABOVE:
death
from
of the Pontus
L' extermination
systematique
de la population ehretienne
de la region
.,fiu Pont-Euxin
continue:
A Alatzam,
petite vilIe a 27 klm. de Samsoun, les 16oo'femmes et en,fants survivants fnrent deportes a l' interieur. Ils sont deja a Boivat, 127 klm.
~' AJatzam.' En route la plupart sont morts a la ~mite de maladies et de mauvais traitements.
Les belles femmes
et Ies ,.ierges subirent
pnpliquement
les plus grands deshonneurs par les gendarmes
qui les escortaient.Leurs
lieux
de destination est Osmantzig, a 120 klm. d' Angora.
La. mort
par
la faim.
Sons peine d' emprisonnement
il est interdit
de vendre du pain ou 11' importe quelle autre nourriture aux chretiens. De
.cette fac;on les malhenrenx sont condamnes a l' horrible mort par la faim. En
vain ils supplient pour un morceau de pain, en offrant tout ce qu' ils leur
reste sncore de precieux. lls se tralnent dans les rues, en implorant
en vain
la misericorde des Tures. Les Turcs voyent avec plaisir et volupte leurs victi1II.es rendre en chemin leur demier soupir. Dans l' orphelinat de Baffra 17 orpkelil1s sont morts de fain, et sont restes pendant plusieurs jous sans etre.
hlhumes,leur
enterrement etant interdit.::YIais a la fain a la snite de la decomposi-tion Podeur des cadavres Jevenant insupportable,les
outorites turques permirent
J' enterrement
de tous ensemble daus une fosse creusee dans Ie cimetiere grec.
Les corps de ces petits martyrs du Pont furent traines dans Ie rues avec des
<.Cordes nouees aut our de leurs cous.
starvation.
Under pain of imprisonment
it is prohibited
to sell bread or any other
food to the Christians. Thus tbese miserables are condemned to the terrible
death from starvation. In vain they supplicate for a'liece of bread, offering
whatever precious they still possess. In vain they implored in the streets the
death
their
victims. The latter assisted with pleassure and satisfaction to the
chariry of of
the Turks.
In the orphanage
of Baffra 17 orphans
who died from starvation
remai-
ned unburied
for several days, as the burial was prohibited.
Finally, as.
through
the discomposition
of the corpses the bad smeIl grew intolerable,
the Turkish authorities permitted
the interment
of all of them together in a.
-ditch sf the Greek cemetery. The bodies of the poor little martyrs were previously dragged along th~ streets with stings round their necks.
At h e 11s, September
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At Alatzam,
a little town at 27 kIm, from Samsoun, the remainitlg
1600 women and children were deported
to the inner parts of th~ country.
They already arrived at Boivat, 127 klm. from Alatzam. On their way most
{)f them died from illnesses and had treatments.
The beautiful women and:
virgins suffered in public the greatest dishononrs
£ron the police which was
Angora.
escorting them. Their place of destination is Osmantzihg,
at 120 klm. fro,IR
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25nd 1921.
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1921.
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THE TRAGEDY
OF BAF11'RA IN PONTUS
ErE-WITNESS
WEE
ESCAPED
THE
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escape the Turkish Police. But those who were by chance arrested or caugh
-While in a state of fainting, were shut immediately im the courtyard
of the
Church and then taken to tlle opposite side of the river, without being
allowed to get cl othes or food. From there, these victims about 535 men,
were tied back to back and taken to 80ulou Dere of the vi11age of ElezlL
and imprisoned in the Church. Among the prisoners were priests ane the
notablesMurat
Dzelepog10u & Basid Karassavaoglou.
The keys of the Church
were delivered no the under-Governor
of Baffra. In the meantime, the inha-.
bitants of the surrounding
villages, by order of their notables Nevrisin
Mehmet&
TiraEzate Mehmet, armed fo teeth encircled the Church. Firstly
the prisoneI:s were stripped of their clothes and robbed of all they possessed.
The seven priests were killed by an axe at the entrance of the Ghurch..
Perhaps nothing in History ever occured so tragic as the funeral service and
the appropriate
sermon by the priest Papayanni in anticipation
of the fate
which awaited them. After the massacre of the seven ptiests, the troops and
MASSACRE:
OF BAFFRA
AND. WAS RESCUED
WITH 100 OTHERS
ON A SAILING SHIP
TO MEDEA INTHRACE.
TRANSLATED
FROM
THE
TURKISH
TEXT WRITTEN
IN GREEK C1HARACTERS.
On the 5th of July 1921, Turkish hoops consisting of 10,000 men and..
assisted by the Musulman peasants began to attack the Greek villages of Bdfra. What then took place in indecribable.
~
A succession of acts of incendiarism,
shooting, slaying, hanging
a.nd.
outraging has lasted up to the 5th of June. During this period all the Greek:.
. 'Villages of the district
without exception were turned to heaps of ruins, and
very few of the inhabitants escaped death so lavishly sown by the proverbiaL
cruelty of the Turk.
The inhabitants of the Greek vilIage Mooaml1, three
hours from Baffra, were all, 250 in number,Shut
in the house of Dzigalouglou and burnt al1Ye. The same fate aw aited the villages Sourmeli,
Ak
konney, kizi-giol &Ada in the district
of Amisos:- Such was the horror of
the armed peasants climbed the walls of the Church and fired from there"
then the bayonet and the axe were utilised. One of the martyrs, named
Nicolas Jordanoglol1 offered his last Ltg. 300 for the privilege of being shot
instead of any other kind of death.
Four wounded, the only ones who
miraculously escaped and iled by night to Nepien (mount) the centre of the
Greek refugies 1!.arrated the above verbation.
Second
convoY
these savage scenes that many T:J.rkish soldiers fainted, bllt when reviVtid~
were forced again by their officers to continue their duty. Many Greek peasants, who by miracle escaped death were seen at Baffra hopelessly
insane.
The Government pretended to be indifferent because, as it was proved afterwards, the same fate awaited the town of Baffra. The Greeks of Baffra no longei
hoping to save the viIIages triedif possible to save those in the town. With
this object in view they promised big ransom to Zemil Bey, under-GovernIH:
of Baffra, and to other officials. Z£mil Bey gave aSSurances on his word of
honour that Baffra ran no danger. Unfortunately in this case as in numerous
tible things.
others
before, it was proved that hononr and Turkish nature are incompaDriving
On the
out
the
inhabitants
5th118th of June
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of Baffra
1:21,
Saturday
mornfng,
the town
of Baffrs.
was surrounded
by troops and armed Baffrian Turks, Companies consisting
of Turks, Albanians Lazoes, and led by gendarmes were suddenly scattered in
the Christian parishes whore they demanded the surrender of the men of each.
family. Without delay they took their prisoner~ no the Police station and let.
the Government-Agents
despoil the houses.
The courage and the self-abnegation of the Greek women ofBaffra, during these critical monents, is beyond
description.
Although
the:r were submitted
for whole days to unheard of'
tortures,
no one was inducEd to reveal the hiding place of her husband or
neighbour.
At the risk of their lives these heroic women bad many neighbours
hidden in their own houses.
This is how several men managed to>
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This included 500 Bafman Greeks, two of them being the well known
merchants
George Kouzloo and Kyriako Solomonoglou.
KouzIoo killed on
the way and his head was taken to the under-Governor
of Baffra. All the
others were shut in the Church of the yilIage SeJame1fk & burned aIeve
except a few who escaped and reported the fact. Meantime researche,s within.
the town were carriEd on more assiduouf'ly.
Buildings were demolished
in
search of refugies.
But none were discovered except those who surrendered
from panic. The unde:t:-Goyernor
repeatedly
invited
with threats all the
escaped male population to surrender
immediately
to the local authorities
But witkout
effect. Many men perceiving the danger of remaining
longel:'
in the town ran during the night through the military
zone which closely.
encicled the town and reached with deranged
minds their companions at
Nepien. The narrator of this tragical
record is one of the first who escaped~
During the exit many men were ki!led, but about 500 women and children
were saved by the help of forthcoming
companions
from Nepien.
At this
unexpected
turn of things the Goyernor in order to. be more sure of its..
object conceited the plan of dividing the remainder of the male population
into two cate~ories.the
one comprising men subject to military sen-ice ami
the other men to be exiled. It was then proclaimed
that those who were.:,
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EVENTS
OF OINOE
(OURIA)
After the complete destruction of the prospering city of
continue their work of ravage.
On the month of September 1921 the bands of Mustafa
sacred all the male population of Oinoe. The smalle quantity
had been able, to escape this slaughter took. refuge on the
.
.authorities
in order to be sent to their respective regiments. Failing immediate appearance
they would be classed among those to be exiled. Upward
.()f 500 young men between 15-35 of age, were taken in by the assurances
of the proverbial turkish treachery
and presended
themselves no the recruit
.offices of :j3affra. Simultaneously
the poJice\ proceeded to arrest all those
belonging to the oth~r category. This the third convoy was made up from
400 recruits and 280' exiles, in all 680. This included well knowlt men like
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Fourth
convoy
This consisted of 35 persons among whom the merchants
Anastasios
Azzoglou & Constantine
Azzoglou.
It is not known why the Turks, after
'naving, though
their duplicity,
exterminated
savagely the greatest part of
the greek popula!ion, thought it necessary to make sure that this small and
-insignificant
last convoy should be taken safely to the place of exile. T4is
was a town near Marash callei :E;lvistan where the exiled arrived and tele- graphed to friends.
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After the extermination
tJf the Greek population Turkish cruelty found
vent in the relics of the Armenians, who survived the relentless pers.ecutions
-organised
during the European
war by the bloodthirsty
soul of the Turk.
The orgies enacted after the elimination
of the males, are indescribable.
After a certain time, the Turks began to drive away also the women and
. children; Needless to say they did so in the most bmtal manner. An adept
ceofartistic
ruin and desolation,
the Turks find untbtJught of methods for
,stamping out peoples whose sole mistake is to be of another
religion tha:ll
his, and to be inbued by an unquenchable
zeal for progr ess. This latter
characteristic
especiaIIy enragec always the lying
Conqueror.
Groups
of
1000 to r 500 women and children
wers arrested and shut iy. the cOllrtyard
of the Chursh of Baffra, were kept there for days without food and without
being permitted to sell their household
things to procures some food, were
stripped of all their clothes, outraged,
and then sent like II.herd of animals
~t) Kastam()ni. Rainy days were always preferred for these expeditions, theTurkish cruelty finding this more to the point.
Gonfiscation of properties,
wbolesale mascacre, inhuma1l extenmination
of women and, children by the method of exile, these are the elements of a.
faint description of the situation of Baffra and round it.
_J0hn Dilmitoglou notable of BaUra, escaped to Medea in Thrace.
Athens 13 October 1921.
Kemal have mas.'
of the men who-,
mountains where
they will surely die on account of the persecution,
the cold, and the lack
of food.
The Turk ge11darms set fire to the forests in order to oblige them to-.
leave the dens where they are hidden.
This massacre organised by the ofiicial outhorities having been carried
out Mustafa Kemal ordered the d~portation
of the remaining boys and wo:men. The women knowing well the fate whlch was waiting them: dishonour.
()utrage and violation accombanied
by the death, preferred like the virgins ofKerassunde,
those poor victims of the famouS ruffian Osman Agha, to suicide.
the banker Demosthenes Dilmitoglou, Abrabam Manides, Pantelakis Azzoglou,
Aristides Hadji Savas, etc. mostly merchants.
The place of martyrdom was
the Church of the vilIage Kodje-sou but as Kone escaped we know neither
..details not the manner of their deiltructio12.
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OF PONTUS.
Baffra the Turks.
So pressing to their bosom theirs boys and their younger brothers
on a rock near the seashore and threw therosclves in the abyss.
Central Council of Pontus.
l'aparigopoulo
Street 15.
At h. n s the 1St December
LES
EVENEMENTS
ApreS
la destruction
1921.
TRAGIQUES
complete
climbed
D' OINOE
de 1& florissante
DU
PONT.
viIle de Baffra les Tun:$'"
continuent leur oeuvre de ravage. Ainsi au. mois de Septembre 1921 les bandes.
de .ustafa Ki;m:ill ontmassacre
toute la population male de la vilIe d' Oinoe.
Le peu d' honnnes qui a pu echappe a ee carnage 5' est refugie sur les mon-taglles, ou les attend la :mort a cause de Ia persecution, du froid et de manque de nourriture.
Les gendarmes turc5 incendient
les f.rHs a fin de les forcer a quitter'
les cavernes ou se flont refugies.
Peu de temps apres ce massacre,
organise
par les autorites officielIes'
Mustafa Kemal ordonna
]11deportation
de ce qui restait femmes et enfants.
Les femmes coi;:naissant bien Ie sort qui les atttndait c. a. d. deshonneur,outrage, viol et ensuite la mort prefererent,
selon l' exemple des vierges de-,Kerassounde,
"icti1l1es dll. fllmeux scelerat Osman Agha, de se suicider. pre-..nant ainsi dans les bras leurs enfants et lenrs petits freres roonterent sur UlL.
;ocher au bord de la mer et se precipitere1llt dana la mer apres avoir Ilupara-vant lance leurs enfants et ircres dan. l'-abime 1
Conseil Central dv. F01'1t
Rue Paparigopoulo
15.
A th e:n e 5, Ie 1 Decembre 1~21.
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capied fl'am
tfje tfj.'1-ul'liisfj new papel'S «{Jcfia!i» In
Sept. 25
Y:!Jecandemned as cl'eatars 0.1 tfje fRepu6lic aj tfie /!Ponfus.
'ifje candemned to. deatfj atl'ead? executed.
.Eis!e capM du jaul'nal
1921 a 8am so.un.
tzll'c
«t5cfja!b !e 12] 25 Sepfem.
.Ees candamnes camme cl'eateul's de!a fRepu6/ique
~es candamnes a mal't deja executes.
Basi!ios Papadopoulos, journaliste
Eleft. Tersimanoglou,
commer'Yllnt
K.
Konstantinides,
agent d~ Regie
Laurentios
Tasdjoglou,
avoca t
Alex. Charalamboglou,
Gharalambosoglou
Gergy
(Baffra)
Greg. Gregoriades,
commer'Yant
Alex. Ichtigaroglou,
commer'Yant
Tb.eologe Dimitriades,. pharmaciea
Theagene Enfiedjoglou,commerc;:ant
Christ. Christoforides, pharmacien
Sabbas Antonoglou,
cammer/rant
lIias Panajotoglou
Tbeodore ]ankoglou
Karpaserirog Iou
Panajotis Kandelanaptis
Const. Bapazoglou, agent d'assur.
Perikles Nikolaides, commer ant
Platon Yelkendjoglou,
»
Sokrate SkenderogIou,
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Themistocles
Antonoglou,
,.
Georges PyrlogJou,
Nikolas Theologlon,
,.
Eadjis Tsinekoglou
COD.St. Hadjis Charalamboglou
Const. Tsinekoglou,
cultivateur
Christos Georoglou, cafetier
Stavres Kouzoumdjoglou
Demetre Alexiades, commer'Yant
Themist.
Xythias
Sophocles Antavaloglou, banquier
Chara!. Panteloglou, commer/;ant
Paris Chamladjis,
medecin
Pericles Koudjoukdjak,
medecin
Georges Isavouzoglou, commer'Yant
Georges Savaoglou
P. Papadopoulos,
dir. Banque Otto
Georges Yelkendjoglou,
commer'Y.
Charal. Gregoriades,
medecin
Paul Raphaeloglou,
medecin
NiJwl. Jordanoglou,
agent de Regie
lean Bourdeuroglou,
commerc;:ant
13a:,i1K~rat.a~glis, n;ort. en prison
j
du /!Pant.
Plato NikoIeoglou,pretre
~ Samsoun
Lazare Arzoglou, commerc;:ant
Michalakis Antonoglou
Jean Mavrides, commer'Yant
Alex. Ordeulog!ou, pharmacien
Themist. Jordanides,
professeur
Panajotis Lambroglou
Charalam. Karakasoglou
l1damant. Preoumd ienides
Abraham Chrvsafid~s, medecin
Anestis MeIides, commerc;:ant
Jean Antavaloglou,
commerc;:ant
Antoine Hadji-Anbmoglou,
commer,
Anastase ]etejoglou
Demetre
Papazoglou,
medecin
Antoine Jinoglou
Pantelis Arzoglou, commer'Yant
Jordan Katcmdjoglou,
ephore d'egI.
The
condamned
to death
by
contumace
Les
condamnes
A mort
contumace
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Theodore Arzoglol1, a.ncien depute
Simeon Ichtikiar()glou,
commerc;:a.nt
Paraskeyas Yelkendjoglou,
Demosthene Lazarides, commer".
Athanace Bravos, medecin. suj. grec
Georges Bekiaris, secret. Metropol.
Paul Tsumdjoglou,
professeur
Achille Atactides, secretaire
Alex. Patzalides
Amas. 'Jermanos, Archeveque
Theologos
Michanides, commetl;ant
Ektor Deirm~ndjoglou,
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Jean
Za.charopoulos,
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Paul Pavlidt:s,
commer'Yatt1
~o 15 years penal
servitude
A 15 ans de travaux
forces
Lazaroglou
Jean Dimitroglou
.
Pericles Papailialoglou
Charilaos Iliaoglou
,I
Dead in prison
Ehas Cnanh~~s, medeclU
Morts --en- prison
-Georges Hadjl Antonoglou
Zilon Evtr-emios Eveque
Lazare Sabbaou~oglou
Andr. Kol1aros '
Stavros Arzoumamouloclou
Pantelis, employe a Ia metropole
The condemned
in Amassia.
to death
slready
executed
the 8 Septemper
1921
Les CQndamnes
a. mOl't a. Amassia
deja. executes
Ie 8 Sept. 1921
Charalampe 'Tacalof
Basil KyriacogIou
Couyoumdjoglou
Savas Timoglou
Theocharidis
1!:lie Yaroglou
Youvanaki
Georges Constantinoglou
<?eorgi
David Kyriacoglou
Lambrianos
Kyriaco Yaneoglou
.Auastase
Emauet Savaoglou
Symeonaki
Sava Constantinoglou
-5ymeon Ananiadis
Paul vassiloglou
Paul Panaoglou
Georges Ouzoun SavaogIoll
Lazare Terzoglou
Efthimios Aliacozoglou
EU.;anet Horhoroglou
Christos Aliacozoglou
P. Ovitaoglou
Georges' Carassavaoglol1
Sta-vros Higalas
Josephe Constantinoglou
Vassiloglou
Ancsti Hadjoglou
Prilippe Tl>eop1>iJidis
Eustache
ConstantinogIou
Issaak. Tocatloglou
Athanasse Palassioglou
TbeopHiidis
Anastasse Totoroglou
Loidas
Anesti Michalloglou
Georges Papamarcou
Panicaoglou
Konstantin
Minaoglou
Yani Panagiotoglou
Savas Polychnmoglou
Ioakim Savvaoglou
Minas Yal1ioglou
Emmanuel Hadjoglou
Stavros Toticoglou
Paras Savaoglou
.
Nicolas ToticogJou
Christos pavlosoglou
Christos Yaneoglou
Georges Stavrosoglou
Hercule Telnaioglou
Stavri Lefteroglon
Jean Yorgi oglou
Theodore Lefteroglou
Anesti Kyriakoglou
Georges-ogIou
Constantin Nicolaoglou
Istil
Jourdain Left(Oroglou
Christo Iliaoglou
An. Konstantinoglou
Panagiote Pavlogiou
li:ustacpe Micnailoglou
Kyriaco Totoroglou
Cl>ristos Hadjoglou
You van Yanioglou
Protas La:uareogIon
Beniamin
Ca1oudioglou
Hadji Dimitri Yaneoglou
Lazare Cabriiloglou
Georges
Gabriel son fils
Basi~e Anastass()glou
Cyriaco Sym~onoglou
Dimit Yaneoglou
Theogon KJ::t1acoglou
Philippe, son fils
S:avr.os Io.rG~n()glou
Hampo Constantinoglou
Geonca DlI~J.1t:oglou
Ky~aco
Gregoire comptable de la Regie
Simeon Pavlides, avocat
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~hkltdld] Topad]oglou
Nichan Kircoroglou
Avedis Garapetoglou.
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ffje CZ:urliisfjnews-papers
I} Mathieu Coffides, ex-depute de Trebizonde dans Ie parlement
Ottoman.
2) Nicolas Capetanides, directeur du journal«Epohi» a. Trebizonde:.
3j Alex. Acritides, industrie1.
4) Georges Theodorou, negociant a Kerassounde.
5) Jourdain, fils de Capetan Yanne ,negociant a KerasSounde.
6) Jean Constantinou.
7) Georges Pavlou.
8} Spyros, fils de Capitan Yanni, secretaire de la MetrQple.
9) Abraam Tocatlidis, negociant a Ordou,.
10) Epaminondas, fil& de Hadji Gregoriou a Ordou.
The condemned to death by contumace.
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2) L'Archeveque de Neocesaree ¥onseigneur Polycatpos.
3) L' Archeveque de Haldias Monseigneur Lavrentios.
4) C. Constantinides, de Ke~assounde, banquier a Marseille..
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