On 6-7th Sept 1965, marks the 65th anniversary of the #Pogrom of #Constantinople (Istanbul) when #Turkey launched ethnic cleansing and eliminated the #Greek #Orthodox Minority.

The lethal #pogrom of September 6-7, 1955 delivered a fatal blow to the Greek community and Hellenism of Constantinople in seven hours

Well planned (for some years), masterfully carried out in a well organized manner by the #Turkish government, the Turks destroyed 71 churches, 41 schools, 4,008 stores, the offices and printing presses of eight newspapers, and approximately 2,100 dwellings,

all the property of the Greeks and their communities.

The Turks killed 28 Greeks and also carried out the rapes of Greek women.

They profaned and soiled the Greek Orthodox religious vessels; they smashed and dug up the graves in Greek cemeteries, throwing out the bones and remains of the dead; they effected circumcisions on some elderly priests on the streets.

According to a historian : Turkish government had unleashed the mobs on the Greek community of Istanbul, on its churches, houses, businesses, schools, and newspapers;

and this resulted in the ultimate destruction of Turkey’s oldest historical community, about 100,000 #Greek Orthodox Christians who were the heirs of #Byzantium.

Some shocking images from the pogrom

Here the details:
On This Day September 6-7, 1955: Krystallnacht in Constantinople - https://www.pappaspost.com/1955-greek-pogrom-constantinople/