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Name Date Location Deaths Perpetrators Notes Constantinople massacre: April–July 1821 Occurred in Constantinople, but contemporary pogrom activities spread in parts of present-day Greece (Kos, Rhodes) [3] unknown Ottoman government Navarino massacre: 19 August 1821 Pylos: 3,000 Greek irregular forces Massacre of Samothrace: 1 September 1821 ...
This name, still in use in Greek, was later evolved in Turkish as Adalia and then Antalya. [12] Attaleia was also the name of a festival at Delphi and Attalis (Greek: Ἀτταλίς) was the name of an old Greek tribe at Athens. [13] [14] Despite the close similarity, there is no connection with the name Anatolia.
The city was mentioned by ancient Greek and Roman writers. The Greek historian Strabo noted that Xanthos was the largest city in Lycia. [3] The important religious sanctuary of Leto at Letoon, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Xanthos, dates from the late 6th century BC, [4] and was closely associated with the city and linked by a sacred road. [5]
From 8,000 Greek civilians gathered in the town, half of them remained after the evacuation of the Greek Army. They were killed by the advancing Turkish soldiers. As a part of Greek genocide. [31] Uşak massacre 1 September 1922 Uşak: 200 [32] Greeks Turks The city was burned by the retreating Greek army, 33% of the buildings were destroyed.
It appears to have sunk quickly off the coast of Turkey during a maritime disaster, researchers said.
The government bombed and killed residents of villages who refused to join the government forces. The government spread pictures of dead children in newspapers and blamed the PKK. Turkey was condemned for carrying out the massacre of Kurdish civilians in the ECHR. Gazi Quarter massacre: March 15, 1995 Istanbul and Ankara: 23 [84]
The Antalya Museum or Antalya Archaeological Museum (Turkish: Antalya Müzesi) is one of Turkey's largest museums, located in Muratpaşa, Antalya. It includes 13 exhibition halls and an open-air gallery. It covers an area of 7,000 m 2 (75,000 sq ft) and 5000 works of art are exhibited.
Hoping to avoid a new war, the people of Aspendos collected money among themselves and gave it to the commander, entreating him to retreat without causing any damage. Even though he took the money, he had his men trample all the crops in the fields. Enraged, the Aspendians stabbed and killed Thrasybulus in his tent. [citation needed] Plan of ...