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Pontian Greek
Genocide
1914-1923
By: Sophia Roman
Vocabulary
Genocide- the deliberate killing of a large group of people,
especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. (3)
Greek Orthodox- accepting and closely following the
traditional beliefs and customs of a religion
Pontiac- A part of Greece where the greeks came from.
Ottoman Empire- former Turkish country in South East
Europe, West Asia, and North Africa.
Islam- The religious faith of Muslims
Background Information
● In the 1400s, the Ottoman Empire occupied
Greece. (6)
● In the 1820s, the Pontian Greeks defeated
the Ottoman Empire. (6)
● In 1908, the young Turkish revolted against
their government forming a nationalistic
muslim state. (6)
Origin of the Conflict
● During the years of World War I, a group of
young Turkish men wanted an empire
without Christians. So they targeted Pontian
Greeks to eliminate them. (6)
● All christian men were placed in Turkish
labor camps because they were not allowed
to have weapons. (6)
Type of Genocide
● The turkish were against the orthodox
religion which the Pontian Greeks believed
in.
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This is a picture of a Greek Orthodox
icon of Jesus.
Eight Stages of Genocide
Classification
Symbolization
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● The Ottoman Empire
● The Ottoman Empire
separated the people
put a cross on the
based on who they are
Pontian Greeks.
(Pontian Greek,
Armenian, and
Assyrians). (7)
This is a cross that
the Ottoman Empire
put on the Pontian
Greeks.
Eight Stages of Genocide
Dehumanization
Organization/Preparation
● The Turkish called the ● “Turkey for the Turks” means
Pontian Greeks
peasants. (7)
that the country Turkey is only
there for Turkish people. (7)
● The Turkish get rid of anyone
that was not Turkish. (7)
● The Ottoman Empire rounded
up the intelligent people and
the community leaders and
executed them. (7)
Eight Stages of Genocide
Polarization
● Christians business were boycotted. (7)
● That lead up to bankrupts and confiscation
of property. (7)
Eight Stages of Genocide
Extermination
●
“Labor Battalions” where fields
that the Pontian Greeks had to
work in. (7&9)
“Light Death” is when the
Turkish would make the weaker
population (children and women)
walk hundreds of miles until they
died. (7)
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●
Denial
● The Turkish did not
believe that they were
doing anything wrong.
(1)
● For example, they
lashed out on minorities.
This is a picture of Pontian
Greek men in a labor
battalion.
Timeline
1914
● Started to close
schools in Asia
Minor. (6)
● The genocide
began. (6)
1917
● 210 more Pontian
Greeks were put
into camps.(6)
● 100 Christian
villages were burnt.
(6)
1916
● The Ottoman Empire
decided that all Pontian
Greeks living along the
shore line of the Black
Sea should be
evacuated. (6)
● 88 Christian villages were
evacuated. (6)
● 2,080 Greeks were sent
to camps.(6)
1921
● 3,649 more
Pontian
Greeks were
arrested and
placed in
camps. (6)
1922
● A wild fire occurred
during the genocide
and killed 10,00015,000 greeks. (6)
1923
● The Greece government
and the Ottoman Empire
signed a treaty saying
that the genocide would
end. (6)
● The survivors of the
genocide went back to
Greece. (6)
● 300,000-750,000 people
were killed in the
genocide. (6)
How did the country claim their
state sovereignty?
● Before the genocide happened, the Turkish (Ottoman
Empire) and the Greeks were at war. (6)
● The outcome was that the Ottoman Empire got their
independence back from the Greeks. (6)
● The Turkish knew that there was a there was a Greek
population in Pontus. They Ottoman Empire started the
genocide because they thought that this would be
revenge for them to the Greeks. (7)
● They targeted the Pontian Greeks because they were
already in the Ottoman Empire. (7)
International Response
How did the United States respond?
The United States thought that the Turkish was murdering
innocent people. Some Pontian Greeks came to the United
States after the genocide. (4)
How did the United Nations respond?
The United Nations did not exist at the time of the
genocide. (5)
Recovery of the Area
How did the country respond?
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● The Pontic Hellenism Genocide monument was created after the
Pontian Greek Genocide. (7)
● Namik Tan (Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesperson) thought that
the Pontian Greeks should get rid of the monument because he
thought that it would cause damage between the Ottoman Empire
and Greece. (7)
This is the
Pontic
Hellenism
How did justice prevail?
Genocide
monument.
● The Pontian Greeks were
allowed to go back to Greece. (4)
Memorials
● May 19th is Pontian Greek
Genocide remembrance
day. (8)
● Walks are held to
remember the people that
were killed. (8)
● There is a mass grave in
Turkey. (8)
⇧ This is a plaque in Australia to
recognize the people involved in
the genocide since there is a
large Pontian Greek population
in Australia.
Video
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