A Legacy of Silence: The Historical Persecution of Turks

Russians - Kazan, Tatarstan

  • Date: 1552

  • Number of Victims: 30,000

  • Perpetrator: Russian troops

Greeks - Mora, Tripoliçe

  • Date: 1821

  • Number of Victims: 40,000 (Mora), 20,000 (Mora Peninsula)

  • Perpetrator: Greek soldiers

Greeks - Izmir

  • Date: 1919

  • Number of Victims: 640,000

  • Perpetrator: Greek soldiers

Armenians - Anatolia, Kozan, Yalova, Manisa

  • Date: 1920, 1922

  • Number of Victims: 6,000-9,000 (Yalova), 4,355 (Manisa)

  • Perpetrator: Armenian attackers

French - Maraş

  • Date: 1920

  • Number of Victims: 6,500

  • Perpetrator: French troops

Russians - Kazakhstan

  • Date: 1932 - 1933

  • Number of Victims: 2.3 million

  • Perpetrator: Soviet regime

Soviet - Crimea

  • Date: mei, 18, 1944

  • Number of Victims: 100,000+

  • Perpetrator: Soviet government

Greeks - Cyprus

  • Date: December 21, 1963

  • Number of Victims: 364

  • Perpetrator: Greek attackers (EOKA)

Chinese - Uyghurs (East Turkestan)

  • Date: 1893 - 1974

  • Number of Victims: 45 Million

  • Perpetrator: Chinese government

Armenians - Xojali (Azerbaijan)

  • Date: february 26, 1992

  • Number of Victims: 613

  • Perpetrator: Armenian army and attackers

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