What the records say
- When
- May 1917
- Kind
- Expulsion or deportation
- Coordinates
- 39.32° N, 26.70° E
- Description
- Ethnic cleansing of Greeks from Ayvalik, modern-day Turkey
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Evacuation of Ayvalik
Ethnic cleansing of Greeks from Ayvalik, modern-day Turkey
The evacuation of Ayvalik took place in May 1917 as part of the genocide policies of the Ottoman government. The population of the predominantly Greek-inhabited town of Ayvalik, Ottoman Empire on the east coast of the Aegean Sea was forcibly deported to the hinterland of Anatolia by the Ottoman authorities.
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