This report aims to examine the
genocide story invented during the late 1980’s and 90’s called the “Pontic
Greek Genocide” by way of referring both to the Greek academic sources and Pontic
Greek allegations. This report also examines this invented story by referring
to the Turkish evaluation of the “Pontus question” before, during, and after
the World War I with a special emphasis on the period corresponding to the
establishment of the Republic of Turkey. In this general framework, this report
reviews the ethnic background of the Pontic Greeks, the fragmentation of the
Byzantine Empire and its successor states, the conquest of the Greek Trebizond
Empire by the Ottoman Empire, Pontus Greek narratives and claims concerning the
World War I developments, Pontic Greek activities and efforts to establish a
Pontian state during World War I, and the invented story of genocide. It also
elaborates the elements of the hate speech developed against Turks on the basis
of the fabricated “Pontic Greek Genocide”.
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