Amasya trials | |
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Location | Pontus, Ottoman empire |
Date | 1921 |
Target | Prominent members of the Pontiac Greek community |
Attack type | Genocidal massacre, genocide |
Motive | Turkification of Pontus, Turkish nationalism, racism, Anti-Greek sentiment |
The Amasya trials in 1921, were special ad hoc trials, organized by the Turkish National Movement, with the purpose to kill en masse the Greek representatives of Pontus region under a legal pretext.[1] They occurred in Amasya, modern Turkey, during the final stage of the Pontic Greek genocide.[1] The total number of the executed individuals is estimated to be ca. 400-450, among them 155 prominent Pontic Greeks.[2]