The Pontic Greek genocide, or the Pontic genocide, was the deliberate and systematic destruction of the indigenous Greek community in the Pontus region in the Ottoman Empire during World War I and its aftermath.
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Pontus (region)Region in the eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey
Pontic GreeksEthnic group
AnatoliaPeninsula of Turkey in Western Asia
SamsunCity in northern Turkey
Greek genocideGenocide campaign in the Ottoman Empire
Black SeaEurasian sea northeast of the Mediterranean
Young TurksPolitical reform movement in the Ottoman Empire
TurkeyCountry mainly in West Asia
Turkish National MovementRevolutionary post-WWI political movement which founded the Republic of Turkey
