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Pontic Greek genocide

Pontic Greek genocide

The Pontic Greek genocide, or the Pontic genocide, was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the indigenous Greek community in the Pontus region in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and its aftermath. Wikipedia
Start date: 1914
Location: Pontus
Deaths: 350,000–360,000
Motive: Anti-Greek sentiment, Turkification, Anti-Eastern Orthodox sentiment