Greek analyst urges acknowledgment of Anatolia massacres
The article points out that the Greek politician Thanasis Diamantopoulos called on the Greek government to officially acknowledge the crimes committed by the Greek army during its campaign in Anatolia in 1919, which included massacres and mass rapes of Muslim civilians. He stated that Greece must face its past the way other countries have by recognizing their own atrocities, adding that such acknowledgment demonstrates political maturity. He noted that Greece's stance should align with examples like France, which has acknowledged the war crimes of the Algerian War, and the Soviet Union, which admitted to the Khatyn massacre. Diamantopoulos indicated that Greek forces carried out killings and mass rapes in collusion with officers, in connection with the period after the occupation of Anatolia, which ended following Turkey's victory in the War of Independence. He also pointed out that Article 59 of the 1923 Lausanne Treaty documents the violations committed by the Greek army, and that Greece should pay reparations for breaches of the laws of war, amidst ongoing international criticism of Greece's efforts to distort its historical record during that period.
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