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The Izmit massacre refers to atrocities committed in the region of Izmit, Turkey, during the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). An Allied commission that investigated the incidents, submitted a report, on June 1, 1921, about the events. In general it accepted the Greek claims that Turkish troops massacred more than 12,000 local civilians, while 2,500 were missing〔〔Reports on atrocities in the districts of Yalova and Guemlek and in the Ismid Peninsula, p. 11〕 and stated that the atrocities committed by the Turks in the Izmit peninsula "have been more considerable and ferocious than those on the part of the Greeks".〔(Shenk, 2012 )〕〔Ionian vision: Greece in Asia Minor, 1919-1922, Michael Llewellyn Smith, page 215, 1998〕 ==Incidents== Ethnic cleansing policies undertaken by the Ottoman government were launched in various regions of the Ottoman Empire, including Izmit region, as soon as 1915. This included the massive deportation of local Greek and Armenian populations.〔 Latter, in 1918, after the Armistice of Mudros a number of attacks of Turkish bands against the local Christian population was reported . This violence increased against the local Greek population, from March 1920 and especially during June–July 1920, when the advance of the Greek army in the region was imminent.〔 These groups were operating as far as Üsküdar, while some of them were organized by the Turkish National Movement.〔 As a result of this activity, several villages of the region were burnt and their population decimated, especially in the regions south, north and northeast of Adapazarı, as well as south and southeast of Iznik.〔 The presence of the Greek army in the region from July 1920, limited the activity of the Turkish bands, although in Karamürsel, south of the gulf of İzmit, some Turkish nationalists groups were still attacking surrounding villages inhabited by Greek populations.〔 Later, the Greek army in the region, was accused for supporting assaults against some villages east of Beykoz. Accusations included the killing of civilians and the burning of small settlements.〔 Accusations also included violence perpetrated by local Greek civilians that previously suffered from Turkish atrocities 〔Reports on atrocities in the districts of Yalova and Gemlik and in the Izmit Peninsula, p. 10〕 From the spring of 1921, the activity of the Turkish bands increased in the region extending geographically to the south of Izmit, which resulted in the destruction of the Christian villages there.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Izmit massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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