A Review of The Genocide of the Ottoman Greeks: Studies on the
State Sponsored Campaign of Extermination of the Christians of
Asia Minor (1912-1922) and Its Aftermath: History, Law, Memory
Edited by Tessa Hofmann, Matthias Bjørnlund and Vasileios
Meichanetsidis The Genocide of the Ottoman Greeks digs deep into
the deplorable actions of the dying embers of the Ottoman Empire
and the foundation of the Turkish Republic, which systematically
annihilated various Christian communities. These various
Christian communities were the indigenous people and suffered
such brutality because of their ethnicity and religious
affiliation. However, in the vast majority of schools throughout
Europe and further abroad, this “hidden genocide” remains “in
the dark” because of enormous pressure from modern Turkey and
other factors. Like the title of the book implies, the area
covered is the genocide of the Greek community. Indeed, this is
the first academic publication on the Greek genocide therefore
it will serve to be a valuable