The Turkish public must acknowledge the injustices Greeks
on Imbros island (Gökçeada) suffered in the 1960s, Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew said Nov. 12 at the
launching of a book on the island’s Greek community.
“Imbros could be a bridge between Turkey and Greece, but it was comprehended as a
threat by Turkey. With this approach, the Rum [Anatolian Greek] minority, who
were engaged in agriculture and raising livestock on the island, were forced to
emigrate from there,” the patriarch said.
Turkish society is not informed about the cruelty that
occurred on the island at the time because of limited opportunities for
communication, he said.
According to Feryal Tansuğ, a historian at Istanbul’s
Bahçeşehir University, who compiled the book “İmroz Rumları, Gökçeada Üzerine”
(Rums of Imbros, on Gökçeada), non-Muslims on the island were targeted as part
of an official policy that included allowing inmates at a jail built on the
island to roam free and harass locals.
“In 1960, there were nearly 6,000 Rums on the island, and
the number is only 300 now,” Tansuğ told the Hürriyet Daily News yesterday.
The book represents the first comprehensive academic
study written in Turkish on the island’s Greek minority issue.
Imbros, which was officially renamed Gökçeada in 1970 by
Turkey, is located in the north Aegean Sea at the entrance of Saros Bay and is
also a district of Çanakkale. A large majority of the island’s Greek population has left the island for various
reasons since the beginning of the 1960s.
“There is a lack academic study on such an important matter.
When we talk about Rums of Turkey only Istanbul, Cappadocia and Pontic Rums are
remembered, but Imbros is forgotten and it is a case that cannot be ignored,”
Tansuğ said.
Tansuğ said she titled the book “Imbros,” a pro-Hellenic
name, because the appellation is 5,000 years old and is still used by locals,
unlike “Gökçeada,” which was given by the Turkish government in 1970.
The patriarch also expressed hope for the future. “Even
if it has a different demography now, we will do our best for Imbros to [make
it] an island where people live happily,” he said.
To access the piece click here.
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Sevgili Rum Ortodoks Patrigi hic kendini bosuna yorup merak etmesin cunku ortada koskoca bir Kibris isgal sorunu var ve artik Adanin Kuzeyinde yasamis Rumlarin tekrar geri donmeleri mumkun gorunmezken,Istanbulun 1960lara kadar 100binlere kadar olan Rum ahalisi tamamen Yunanistana goc etmisken ki bunlarin cogu kendi istekleri ile ulkeyi terk etmedi ,ettirildiler,,Sen kalkip da iki kucuk adanin ahalisinin geri doneceklerini mi umuyorsun?
Adaya yerlestirilen capulculara ne olacak,bir kere girip yerlesdikleri yerlerden nasil vaz gecirtilecekler?
Turkiye son 50 yilda bile bile yaptigi Turkiyeyi gayrimuslumlere terk ettirme politikasinda nihai basariya ulasmisken geri adim mi atacak?
Bunu bile beklemek oldukca saflik olur cunku en son ornegini Mardindeki Mor Gabriel manastirinin Devlet yoluyla hazinenin eline dusurulmesi var ki sadece bu ornek T.Cnin izlemis oldugu politikayi gozler onune fazlasiyla yetti de artti bile.
Son zamanlarda iadesi mumkun gorunen Vakif mallari ise zaten istenilen sonuca yakin olmakdan oldukca uzak ve oyle de birakilacaga benzer ,o yuzden Sn.Patrik ancak heveslenir ama hevesini bu gidisle kursaginda birakirlar.
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