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RELIGION AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY
Reuters: PKK Kills 24 Turkish Troops, Ankara Hits Back (10/9/2011)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/19/us-<strong>turkey</strong>-kurds-idUSTRE79I0YF20111019
Turkey launched air and ground assaults on Kurdish militants in Iraq, vowing to exact “great revenge”
after 24 Turkish soldiers were killed…in one of the deadliest Kurdish attacks in years.
Turkey and the Kurds: Death Upon Death (01/07/2012)
http://www.economist.com/node/21542459
A tragic blunder, a cynical massacre or a deliberate attempt to undermine Turkey’s government? The
question was raised on December 28th, when Turkish F-16 war planes dropped bombs on a group of
Kurdish civilians just south of the Turkish border in the mountains of Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq,
killing 34 of them. Security officials in Sirnak, a Turkish town near the site, blamed a lack of coordination
between the civilian and military authorities. “The governor [of Sirnak] had no idea what had
happened until hours after the bombing,” said one.
Turkey Greeks
http://www.photius.com/countries/<strong>turkey</strong>/society/<strong>turkey</strong>_society_greeks.html
In 1995, fewer than 20,000 Greeks still lived in Turkey. They are the remnants of the estimated 200,000
Greeks who were permitted under the provisions of the Treaty of Lausanne to remain in Turkey
following the 1924 population exchange, which involved the forcible resettlement of approximately two
million Greeks from Anatolia. Also includes some information about Turkish Armenians.
Turkey: Istanbul’s Greek Community Experiencing a Revival (03/2/2011)
http://www.eurasianet.org/node/62990
Greeks, or as they are called here Rum, once comprised a quarter of Istanbul's population. But now they
number only a couple of thousand. At the recent opening of an exhibition celebrating Greek
architecture in Istanbul, a first for the city in recent memory, Greek not Turkish was the predominant
language. Joining Turkish Greeks were Greeks who had recently moved to the city, some of whom are
looking for work.
BBC: Turkey’s Greek Community Struggles for Survival (01/7/2011)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12134040
Turkey’s Greek population, once thriving in numbers, has fallen to such a low level that one Greek
school in the city [of Istanbul] has only one pupil left. A combination of war, riots, and discrimination by
the Turkish state has forced large numbers of the Greek community to leave Turkey
Armenians in Turkey
http://www.photius.com/countries/<strong>turkey</strong>/society/<strong>turkey</strong>_society_armenians.html
In 1915 the Ottoman government ordered all Armenians deported from eastern Anatolia.
Armenians believe - and Turks deny - that the catastrophe that befell their community was the result of
atrocities committed by Turkish soldiers following government directives.
The History Place: Genocide in the 20 th Century—Armenians in Turkey
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/armenians.htm
The first genocide of the 20th Century occurred when two million Armenians living in Turkey
were eliminated from their historic homeland through forced deportations and massacres. Site
includes regional maps.
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