Greek Expulsion From Asia Minor

I'm going to attempt to get a balanced view of what happened in Anatolia in 1919-22.

There must be two sides to this tragedy?

New York Times Article

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1922
TURKS PROCLAIM BANISHMENT EDICT TO 1,000,000 GREEKS

LAUSANNE, Dec. 1.--A black page of modern history was written here today. Ismet Pasha stood before the statesmen of the civilized world and admitted that the banishment from Turkish territory of nearly a million Christian Greeks, who were two million only a few short years ago had been decreed. The Turkish Government graciously allows two more weeks for the great exodus.

The statesmen of the civilized powers accepted the Turkish dictum and set about ways to get those thousands of Greeks out of harm's way before they should meet the fate of 800,000 Armenians who were massacred in Anatolia in 1910 and 1917.

Lord Curzon then said that he wished to give some statistics in order that there might be a clear idea what was at stake. He said that figures from American sources showed that before 1914 there were 1,600,000 Greeks in Anatolia. Between 1914 and 1918 300,000 died, left the country or otherwise disappeared. Between 1919 and 1922 another 200,00 left Anatolia or disappeared. In September and October of this year another reduction of 500,000 took place leaving now 500,000 or 600,000 Greeks in Anatolia, most of whom were males between 15 and 60, to whom the Turks had refused permission to leave. "In other words" said the British Foreign Minister "a million Greeks have been killed, deported or have died."

mmmmmmm new york times, eh.