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In the memory of the victims of the Evil Empire :The Ottoman's History of Genocidal Tyranny.The Ottoman Empire was a brutal and bloody racist regime with a history of subjugation, enslavement and ethnic cleansing.
The Greeks massacre of 1821 also known as the Constantinople massacre of 1821 was orchestrated by the authorities of the Ottoman Empire against the Greek community of Constantinople (modern Istanbul) in retaliation for the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1830).
As soon as the first news of the Greek uprising reached the Ottoman capital, they retaliated with mass executions that incluided the hanging of Patriarch Gregory , pogrom-type attacks, destruction of churches, and looting of the properties of the city's Greek population.
The events culminated with the hanging of the Ecumenical Patriarch, Gregory V and the beheading of the Grand Dragoman, Konstantinos Mourouzis.
The Ottoman's were so pity that on the day of the hanging of Gregory V, three bishops and dozens of other Greek officials in the Ottoman administration, were quickly executed in various parts of the Ottoman capital.
By May 1821, restrictions on the local Greeks increased, while churches continued to be assaulted.On May 24, Patriarch Eugenius presented a memorandum to the Ottoman authorities, begging them to be merciful towards the Greek people and church,
claiming that only a few Greeks revolted and not the entire nation. Eugenius also repeated the excommunication of Gregory toward the revolutionaries. Nevertheless, public executions of Greeks were still a daily occurrence in Constantinople.
On June 15, five archbishops and three bishops were executed. Additionally, in early July, seventy shared the same fate. Additionally, 450 shopkeepers and traders were rounded up and sent to work in mines.
The brutality of the Ottoman's extended to other major cities of the Ottoman Empire with significant Greek populations. In Adrianople (Edirne), on May 3, the former Patriarch, Cyril VI, nine priests and twenty Greek merchants were hanged in front of the local Cathedral.
Other Greeks of lower social status were executed, sent to exile or imprisoned.In Smyrna (Izmir), numerous Ottoman troops were staged, waiting orders to march against the rebels in Greece. They entered the city and together with local Turks embarked on a killing spree
Soldiers and Turks took parts in the massacre against the Christian population of the city which amounted to hundreds of deaths. During another massacre in the predominantly Greek town of Ayvalik, the town was burned to the ground.
Ottomans fearing that the inhabitants might rebel and join the revolution in Greece. As a result of the Ayvalik massacres, hundreds of Greeks were killed and many of the survivors were sold as slaves.
The massacres against the Greek population during these months extended to the Aegean islands of Kos and Rhodes. Part of the Greek population in Cyprus was also massacred. Among the victims was the archbishop Kyprianos, as well as five other local bishops.
The brutality of the Ottoman's is unmatched and they continued the evil brutal and barbaric ways of their ancestors.
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