Massacre of Phocaea

Greek genocide
Greek genocide
Background
	Young Turk Revolution, Ottoman Greeks, Pontic Greeks, Ottoman Empire
The genocide
	Labour Battalions, Death march, Pontic Greek genocide, Phocaea massacre, Evacuation of Ayvalik, İzmit massacres, 1914 Greek deportations, Samsun deportations, Amasya trials, Burning of Smyrna
Foreign aid and relief
	Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor, American Committee for Relief in the Near East
Responsible parties
	Young Turks or Committee of Union and Progress; Three Pashas: Talat, Enver, Djemal; Bahaeddin Şakir, Teskilati Mahsusa or Special Organization, Nureddin Pasha, Topal Osman, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
See also
	Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922), Greeks in Turkey, Population Exchange, Greek refugees, Armenian genocide, Assyrian genocide, Diyarbekir genocide, Istanbul trials of 1919–1920, Malta Tribunals

Massacre of Phocaea
Massacre of Phocaea
Part of the Greek genocide
	Old Phocaea in flames, during the massacre perpetrated by Turkish irregulars
Location	Phocaea/Eskifoça and Yeni Foça, Ottoman Empire
Coordinates	38°40′N 26°46′E / 38.667°N 26.767°E
Date	12–18 June 1914
Target	Greek population
Attack type	Ethnic cleansing, genocidal massacre, mass murder
Deaths	c. 50, 100 or 200 killed; c. 6,200 fled (entire town); The county population decreased from 23,000 to 4,000;
Perpetrators	Turkish irregulars (Bashi-bazouk, Cretan Turks); Ottoman army; Ottoman police; Ordered by the Young Turk government;
Motive	Anti-Greek sentiment and Turkification

The massacre of Phocaea (Greek: Η Σφαγή της Φώκαιας, romanized: I Sfagí tis Fókaias; Turkish: Foça Katliamı) occurred in June 1914, as part of the ethnic cleansing policies of the Ottoman Empire that included exile, massacre and deportations. It was perpetrated by irregular Turkish bands against the predominantly ethnic Greek town of Phocaea, modern Foça, on the east coast of the Aegean Sea. The massacre was part of a wider anti-Greek campaign of genocide launched by the Young Turk Ottoman authorities, which included boycott, intimidation, forced deportations and mass killings; and was one of the worst attacks during the summer of 1914.