Pontic Greeks in Thessaloniki let 100 lanterns high into the night sky in order to commemorate the Genocide of Pontic Greeks first by the Young Turks and then by Kemalist forces. May 19th commemorates the beginning of the ethnic cleansing when the forces of the founder of modern Turkey Mustafa Kemal Ataturk entered the city … The post Lanterns to commemorate 100 years from the Pontic Greeks Genocide appeared first on Keep Talking Greece.
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