What is Menemen massacre?
The '''Menemen Massacre''' occurred on June 16–17, 1919 in the town of [[Menemen]].<ref>United States Department of State / Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, The Paris Peace Conference, 1919 (1919), page 70 [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/FRUS/FRUS-idx?type=turn&id=FRUS.FRUS1919Parisv09&entity=FRUS.FRUS1919Parisv09.p0080&q1=menemen]</ref> It happened during the Greco Turkish war of 1919–1922. Victims were estimated to be between 100 and 1.000. ==Background== Menemen was an [[Ottoman]] town in which [[Greeks]] and [[Turkish people|Turks]] lived together. After the Ottomans lost [[World War I]], Greek troops landed at the coastal town of [[Smyrna]]. One Greek detachement occpied Menemen. The Turkish nationalist movement began an armed resistance against the Greeks. There was a battle at the town of [[Bergama]] after which the Greek troops retreated. They passed along Menemen where a massacre took place against local Turkish civilians. The events were investigated by a Western delegation, they estimated that between 100 and 200 Turks had been killed and 200 wounded<ref>[http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/sampapers/GREEKOCCUPATIONOFIZMIR.pdf Report of the Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry (May-September 1919)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718164932/http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/sampapers/GREEKOCCUPATIONOFIZMIR.pdf |date=2011-07-18 }} by the Members of the Commission; [[Mark Lambert Bristol|Adm. Bristol]], the US Delegate - Gen. Hare, the British Delegate - Gen. Bunoust, the French Delegate - Gen. Dall'Olio, the Italian Delegate. The statements in defense of the Greek government presented by [[Alexandros Mazarakis-Ainian|Col. Mazarakis]].</ref> , the Turks themselves claimed 1000 dead. The [[British]] reported that the presence of British officers restrained the Greeks in their excesses.<ref>[[Foreign Office]] document FO 371/4220, № 112194, ''Calthorpe to Curzon'', Constantinople, 22 July 1919.</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{history-stub}} [[Ca