Vryonis, Speros, 1928-

The mechanism of catastrophe : the Turkish pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the destruction of the Greek community of Istanbul / Speros Vryonis. - xxxv,659 p.,[90] p.of plates: ill.,maps ; 24 cm.

Prologue: a personal chronicle -- The Greeks of Istanbul on the eve of September 6,1955 -- Background and institutions of the pogrom -- The pogrom -- Moral and material damages, and the economics and politics of compensation -- From Papagos to Karamanles (the economics and politics of compensation continued) -- The attack on the Greek Orthodox Church -- Crime and punishment, and the trial of the Menderes government.

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İstanbul (Türkiye)--Tarih--20. yüzyıl
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Türkiye--Tarih--20. yüzyıl
Istanbul (Turkey)--History--20th century

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