SAM PAPERS No. 2/99 /.. / REPORT OF THE INTER-ALLIED COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
(MAY-SEPTEMBER 1919) | ÇAGRI ERHAN | Ankara – April 1999
Report of the Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry (May-September 1919)
by the Members of the Commission; Adm. Bristol, the US Delegate – Gen.
Hare, the British Delegate – Gen. Bunoust, the French Delegate – Gen.
Dall’Olio, the Italian Delegate. The statements in defense of the
Greek government presented by Col. Mazarakis.
“Unfortunately, the first day of the Greek occupation was not only
consisted of robbery, burglary and plunder. According to Allied
sources, the Greek occupation forces and civilian
Greeks killed 300 to 400 Turks on 15 May 1919. More than 2,500 Turks,
some even as young as 14 years of age, were subjected to arbitrary
detention. The Turkish population was subjected
repeatedly to rape, beating, insults and torture.” (40)
(40) Documents on British Foreign Policy, (ed. E.L. Woodward and Rohan
Butler), First Series, vol. I, (London: His Majesty’s Stationery
Office, 1947), p. 241.
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