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22 Aug 1916: The Unspeakable Turk, The Argus

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The term “the unspeakable Turk” was often used in the media well before the #GreekGenocide began. In August 1916, the title was used in an article to describe the treatment of Greeks living along the Black Sea coast who were sent on foot to concentration camps in the interior. Their children were also stolen and converted to Islam and their women and girls molested.

THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK
ATROCITIES IN ARMENIA.
PITIABLE PLIGHT OF GREEKS.
The Argus
22 Aug 1916

The condition of the Greeks on the Black Sea coast is described in a message from Athens as deplorable. The Turks, owing to the Russian advance in Armenia, are clearing the inhabitants out of the villages and sending them on foot to concentration camps in the interior.
The unfortunate Greeks are almost foodless, yet the Turks rob these pitiful caravans of every possession. The Greek children are being taken from the villages and converted to Islamism.
To add to the horrors which the Greeks are suffering, Turkish soldiers are committing brutalities on the women and girls.

Source: “THE UNSPEAKABLE TURK.” The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957) 22 August 1916: 7. Web. 9 Nov 2019 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1630593>.


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