Yalova Peninsula Massacres

When

1920 – 1921

Kind

Expulsion or deportation

Deaths

27

Coordinates

40.55° N, 28.92° E

Description

series of massacres and ethnic cleansing

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

Series of massacres during 1920–1921

The Yalova Peninsula massacres were a series of massacres during 1920–1921, the majority of which occurred during March – May 1921. They were committed by local Greek, Armenian and Circassian bands, "assisted by drunken and undisciplined Greek troops", against the Muslim Turkish population of the Yalova Peninsula. There were 27 villages burned and in Armutlu. According to journalist Arnold J. Toynbee c.

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