PONTUS MOVEVEMENTS DURING FIRST WORLD WAR AND TURKISH NATIONAL STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE IN SİNOP AND ITS HINTERLAND
BİRİNCİ DÜNYA SAVAŞI VE MİLLİ MÜCADLE YILLARINDA SİNOP VE HAVALİSİNDE PONTUSÇULUK HAREKETLERİ

Author : İsmail EFE
Number of pages : 333-351

Abstract

Greeks who had dream of building on Pontus State in Black Sea region, firstly obtained economic power, then materilized their political organization thanks to their newly founded associations. By the and of First World War, Pontus associations started to force Muslims to migrate and burn and pillage their villages. After truce, Entente Powers which wished to hold regions from Istanbul to Batum and create on buffer zonne between Anatolia and SSSR supported Pontus greeks. Regional representatives of Entente Powers started often visit Sinop and made with collaborations local greeks. The branch of Pontus association in Sinop, greek brigades, brigandage began to usurpation and massacre there. Following the attack of Pontus Greeks and Entante power wher in Sinop the activities of them intensifier T.N.A. government started to offer counter meassure. In fact the victory of T.N.A. in Sakarya and Great offense destroy hopes to built Pontus in Black Sea so they had to migrate to Greece and other countries.

Keywords

Ponus, Greeks, Black Sea, Sinop, Entante Power, First World Powers, Turkish National Struggle for In

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