Friday, February 20, 2009

Film casts light on dark chapter of Turkish past - - MSNBC.com

"Film casts light on dark chapter of Turkish past
updated 7:15 p.m. ET Feb. 19, 2009

ISTANBUL - By Ayla Jean Yackley

Mihail Vasiliadis's friends warned the teenager to leave work early and go home to his family on September 6, 1955.

Within hours, mobs were attacking thousands of shops, churches and homes throughout Istanbul in a rampage against ethnic Greeks that eventually led thousands to leave Turkey."

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