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Greek Genocide 1914-23

Press Coverage

The Greek Genocide was abundantly reported in the international media at the time. Thousands of news articles were printed depicting the deplorable situation in Ottoman Turkey as the Greeks were being systematically annihilated. Available below is a sample of more than 100 articles from over 30 different newspapers on the Genocide as compiled by Nikolaos Hlamides. Following each article is a full transcription in plain text.

1914

Turkish Persecution of Greeks, The Times, April 18th 1914.
Persecution of Greeks, The Times, April 28th 1914.
Massacre of Greeks Feared at Nitilene, The Wichita Daily Times, June 12th 1914.
Massacre of Greeks Charged to the Turks, The Atlanta Constitution, June 17th 1914.
Turks Slay 100 Greeks, The New York Times, June 17th 1914.
Turkish Atrocities against Greeks, The Scotsman, June 19th 1914.
Plight of Greek Refugees, The Times, July 9th 1914.
Turks to War on Christians, The Cook County Herald, August 28th 1914.
Report Christians in Peril in Turkey, The New York Times, November 12th 1914.
Turks Massacre Greeks, The Denton Journal, December 19th 1914.

1915

Greeks in Asia Minor, The Scotsman, January 11th 1915.
Says Turks Advise Christians to Flee, The New York Times, January 11th 1915.
Christians in Great Peril, The New York Times, January 13th 1915.
Peril of the Christians in Turkey Never So Great, The Washington Post, July 12th 1915.
Persecution of Greeks, The Scotsman, July 15th 1915.
Greek Population of Turkey, The Scotsman, July 20th 1915.
Women Massacred by Turks, The Fitchburg Daily Sentinel, July 22nd 1915.
Turkish Cabinet Split, The Washington Post, August 27th 1915.
A Byzantine Remnant, The Times, September 10th 1915.

1916

Massacres of Greeks in Turkey Reported, The New York Times, April 20th 1916.
Turks Deporting Greeks, The New York Times, August 21st 1916.
Turks in a Wholesale Massacre of Greeks, The Chillicothe Constitution, October 2nd 1916.

1917

Deportations of Greeks, The Scotsman, May 22nd 1917.
Deportation of Greeks in Asia Minor, The Scotsman, May 23rd 1917.
Persecution of the Greeks, The Scotsman, August 9th 1917.
Extermination of Greeks in Turkey, The Times, August 23rd 1917.
Greek Deportations, The New York Times, October 8th 1917.
Turks are Backed by Germany, The Warren Evening Mirror, October 17th 1917.
Turks Slaughter Christian Greeks, The Lincoln Daily Star, October 19th 1917.
Germans Help Turks in Deportation of Greeks, The Lincoln Daily Star, October 28th 1917.
Greek Persecution in Turkey, The Scotsman, 6th November 1917.
Hope America will Aid Greeks in Asia Minor, The New York Times, November 19th 1917.
The Need Colossal, The Colorado Transcript, December 13th 1917.

1918

1,000,000 Greeks Killed?, The New York Times, January 1st 1918.
1,000,000 Greeks Are Put to Death, The Washington Post, January 1st 1918.
Greek Massacres, The Coshocton Tribune, January 9th 1918.
Turkish Atrocities Continue, The Newark Daily Advocate, March 27th 1918.
Bombarding Ships Rescue 2,000 Greeks, The New York Times, April 7th 1918
Turks Slaughter Greeks, Sell Women to Slavery, The Los Angeles Times, June 9th 1918.
Turkish Cruelty Bared by Greeks, The New York Times, June 16th 1918.
250,000 Exiled by Turks, The Washington Post, August 3rd 1918.
Christians To Die Under German Edict, The Syracuse Herald, September 4th 1918.
Germans Inspired Turkish Atrocities Against Asiatic Greeks, The New York Times, September 29th 1918.
Proves German Guilt, The Daily Northwestern, October 28th 1918.
Greece, The Syracuse Herald, November 1st 1918.
900,000 Greeks Killed, The New York Times, December 3rd 1918.
Turks Organizing New Massacres, The New York Times, December 8th 1918.
Turks Massacred 700,000 Greeks - 200,000 More Died of Suffering, The Japan Times & Mail, December 8th 1918.
Deputies Ask Turkish Government What Steps Will Be Taken, The Elyria Evening Telegram, December 13th 1918.

1919

The Greatest Tragedy of the Great War, The Littleton Independent, January 10th 1919.
First Hun Held For Atrocities, The Reno Evening Gazette, March 18th 1919.
Extermination of Greeks, The Times, March 21st 1919.
Turks Massacre Greeks, The New York Times, March 21st 1919.
Greeks Persecuted by Young Turks, The Syracuse Herald, March 30th 1919.
Urge Turks to Massacre All Greeks in Thrace, The New York Times, June 5th 1919.
Tells How Turks Tortured Greeks, The New York Times, July 5th 1919.
Turkey Condemns Its War Leaders, The New York Times, July 13th 1919.
Turkish Bath Weapon, The Stevens Point Journal, September 11th 1919.
Reported Turkish Atrocities in Asia Minor, The Scotsman, September 22nd 1919.
Turks Murdering Greeks, The New York Times, September 23rd 1919.

1920

Turks Sentence Two Leaders For Organizing Massacres, The New York Times, January 21st 1920.
Report Turks Killed Many In Rodosto, The New York Times, March 4th 1920.
Kendallville Woman is Returning From Turkey, The Fort Wayne News and Sentinel, April 1st 1920.
Mild Greek Rule Prevails in Smyrna, The New York Times, June 14th 1920.
Turkey Deporting Greeks, The Ignacio Chieftan, November 5th 1920.
Turks Expel Greeks, The Reno Evening Gazette, December 23rd 1920.

1921

Massacre of Greeks Rages, The Oakland Tribune, June 3rd 1921.
Massacre of Christians Reported in Western Asia, The Chronicle Telegram, June 3rd 1921.
Reported Massacre of Greeks, The Argus, June 6th 1921.
700,000 Greeks Victims of Turks, The New York Times, July 10th 1921.
Woeful Plight of Black Sea Greeks, The Lincoln State Journal, August 9th 1921.
Extermination Plan Alleged, The Los Angeles Times, August 9th 1921.
Church is Made Turks Have Plan of Extermination, The Fort Collins Courier, August 10th 1921.
Near East Aid Asked by Greek Patriarch, The Christian Science Monitor, August 13th 1921.
Villages Fired by Kemalists, The Scotsman, August 18th 1921.
Aidin a Vast Sepulchre, The New York Times, August 29th 1921.
Alleged Turkish Atrocities, The Scotsman, September 12th 1921.
Alleged Turkish Crime, The Scotsman, October 7th 1921.
The Turk at Work, The Times, October 26th 1921.
Reports Massacres of Greeks in Pontus, The New York Times, November 6th 1921.
Bill Condemns Turk Brutality, The Reno Evening Gazette, December 14th 1921.
Harding Urged to Intervene Against Turkish Atrocities, The New York Times, December 15th 1921.

1922

300 Greeks Massacred, The New York Times, February 1st 1922.
Slaughter By Turks Reported Going On Just As Formerly, The Fort Collins Courier, February 2nd 1922.
Turks Burn 24 Greek Villages, The New York Times, March 30th 1922.
Turks Massacre Greek Christians, The Record Journal of Douglas County, April 21st 1922.
Turks' Insane Savagery, The Times, May 5th 1922.
Killing by Turks has been Renewed, The New York Times, May 6th 1922.
Turkey Renews Persecutions Against Greeks, The Syracuse Herald, May 14th 1922.
Turkish Deportations, The Times, May 16th 1922.
"The Unspeakable Turk", The Irish Times, May 16th 1922.
Turkish Atrocities Stir Britain to Act, The New York Times, May 16th 1922.
Youths Permitted to Starve in Compounds, The Charleston Daily Mail, May 31st 1922.
303,238 Massacred, Greek Minister Says, The New York Times, June 2nd 1922.
Quick Action Urged To Get Atrocity Proof, The New York Times, June 6th 1922.
Says 22,000 Greeks Died on the March, The New York Times, June 7th 1922.
Kemalist War on Christians, The Times, June 8th 1922.
Greeks Are Beheaded in Asia Minor, The Sheboygan Press Telegram, June 21st 1922.
Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians to Protest, The Fitchburg Sentinel, June 30th 1922.
Near East Relief Prevented from Helping Greeks, The Christian Science Monitor, July 13th 1922.
Greeks Demand Action By World Against The Turk, The Christian Science Monitor, July 17th 1922.
Tells of Deporting Greeks and Others, The Nevada State Journal, July 27th 1922.
Smyrna Burning, The Times, September 15th 1922.
Wholesale Massacre, The Mexia Evening News, September 15th 1922.
Boston Greeks Pledge Help, The Boston Daily Globe, September 18th 1922.
120,000 Die in Turk Massacre, The Ignacio Chieftan, September 22nd 1922.
Slain Archbishop Foresaw Massacre, The New York Times, September 24th 1922.
Report That 900 Christians Were Massacred in Bigha, The New York Times, September 27th 1922.
Thracian Deputies Appeal To Harding, The New York Times, October 8th 1922.
Woman Pictures Smyrna Horrors, The New York Times, October 9th 1922.
Greek Priests Burned When Scorn Islam, The Fort Collins Courier, November 2nd 1922.
Expulsion of Christians, The Times, November 3rd 1922.
Driving Greeks From Pontus, The New York Times, November 13th 1922.
Turks Declare Banishment Edict, The New York Times, December 2nd 1922.
Turks Torture Greek Refugees, The Los Angeles Times, December 31st 1922.

1923

Uprooting of Greeks in Turkey, The New York Times, January 21st 1923.
Turks Resume Their Deportations Despite Raging Epidemics, The Fort Collins Courier, January 27th 1923.
Turks' Blow at Relief Work, The Times, April 6th 1923.
Christians Driven Out of Anatolia, The New York Times, August 21st 1923.
Turkey Deporting Greeks, Armenians, The Indianapolis Star, August 21st 1923.

 

 

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