The violations of the π‘»π’“π’†π’‚π’•π’š 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆 by the Turkish Republic 1923-1929(signed 24/7/1923) #TurkeyIsATerrorState
1️⃣ (π™‘π™žπ™€π™‘π™–π™©π™žπ™€π™£ 𝙀𝙛 π˜Όπ™§π™©π™žπ™˜π™‘π™š 39)
10/1923 πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·restrict the civil and political rights of πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· living there. Banks, civil services of all kinds and categories as well as big multinational companies and enterprises were forced to dismiss all Greeks from their employ.
2️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒐𝒇 π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 40, 41 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44)
In the same period, the political affiliations of the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· teachers in Constantinople became the object of the investigation conducted by Salih Zeki, General Director of the Turkish Ministry of Education. 1/2
>> On this occasion of 104 teachers of πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· descent and πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· Greek teachers were dismissed, characterized as 'unfit' to teach in minority schools. 2/2
3️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒐𝒇 π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’† 2 of the Treaty on the exchange of populations) In 1923 πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· aiming to restrict the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· presence in Constantinople, arbitrarily characterized 40,000 Greeks, as personae non gratae 1/x >>
>> who had found temporary refuge for reasons of safety outside πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·, prior to the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, removed their πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·citizenship and proceeded to the mass confiscation of their properties.>> 2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> The occasion, as declared by Ankara, was that these people, have left the country with travel documents that were not accepted by the authorities of the Turkish Republic (i.e. have used passport issued by the Ottoman authorities and not by the Turkish Republic).>>3/x
>> In reality, when these people left in September and October 1922, the only authority in Constantinople issuing passport was the Ottoman one. #TurkeyIsATerrorState
4️⃣(π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’” 𝒐𝒇 π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’† 2) Between 1923 and 1929 πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· aiming to restrict the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· presence in Constantinople, required that all Greeks settled in πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· before 1918, and thus not exchangeable under the terms of the Treaty on the exchange of populations. >> 1/2
>> The Greek view was justified, on 21/Feb./1925, by the π‘°π’π’•π’†π’“π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’ π‘ͺ𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 π‘±π’–π’”π’•π’Šπ’„π’†. Nevertheless, πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·continued their policy.
5️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 38, 40 , 42 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44)
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·, in the framework of its strategic undermining and degradation of the Ecumenical seat of the Orthodox faith, gave its full support in 9/1923 to the establishment of the so-called 'Turkish Orthodox Church',>>
>>which was founded by father Efthym Karahisarides Erenerol, a priest from Keskin, Anatolia, who was the blind instrument of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. >>2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> In October 1923, father Efthym, by now renamed himself Pope Efthym, attempted to occupy the Patriarchal Compound, causing grave incidents, while the Turkish authorities did not lift an eyelid. 3/x
6️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 40 , 42 𝒂𝒏𝒅 43) By virtue of Decree No 1092/06.12.1923, πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· downgraded the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to a !!local NGO !! with no legal personality >> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> and determined that the Patriarch would be elected by clergymen who were Turkish nationals and were already serving in πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·. The fact that πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· was unable to unilaterally evict the Ecumenical Patriarchate from Constantinople,>> 2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> which is what it would have done for any institution governed by the domestic πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· law, and was forced by the parties signing the Treaty of Lausanne to accept that the Ecumenical Patriarchate would remain in Constantinople, indicates the extent arbitrariness of the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· Republic.
7️⃣(π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 14,38,39 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44)
Immediately after the installation of the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· authorities in Imvros and Tenedos, on 4/Oct./1923, where more than 90% of population was πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· , >> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> the Republic of πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· completely ignored the special local administration and the **autonomy** which the two islands, which were offered to Turkey as a gift with the initiative of πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ in the framework of the Treaty of Lausanne, should have enjoyed. >> 2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> Government of Ankara appointed right away a πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· commander and πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· officers to the courts, customs houses, police and port authorities, dismissing all the elected local officials.>> 3/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> They cut off the Christian leadership characterizing as personae non gratae 1,500 people from Imvros and 64 from Tenedos, who had found temporary refuge in safer places. Their real property was seized. #TurkeyIsATerrorState
8️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 37, 39, 40, 41,42 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44) On 12/Feb./1924 father Efthym burst into the historic church of Panaghia Kafatiani in Galatas (KarakΓΆy) and the church of Sotiras Christos and took possession of them, >> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> with the undisguised support of the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· authorities. On 19/2/1924 the Patriarchal Holy Synod stripped father Efthym of his clerical attire, while he had already been excommunicated as an apostate and shameless traitor of the orthodox faith. >>2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> The πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· courts rushed with unprecedented eagerness to fine the Ecumenical Patriarch in 4/1924 for the mental anguish suffered by father Efthym as a result of his excommunication,>> 3/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> while the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· State officially conceded to him the churches he had occupied with the violent 'backing' of the Turkish mob! #TurkeyIsATerrorState
9️⃣(π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 37, 38, 40,42 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44)
On 30/01/1925, upon the conclusion of the mass for the celebration of the holiday of the three Hierarchs, the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· police invaded the premises of the Patriarchate,>> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> arrested Ecumenical Patriarch Constantinos VI and after giving him an exchange passport led him to the railway station of Sirkeci and deported him from πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· . #TurkeyIsATerrorState
1️⃣0️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 37, 38,39,40,41, 42 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44)
In the same year, the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· Government decided to shut down the historic πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· Literary Club>> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> and the contents of its invaluable library were scattered among the state libraries in Ankara and Suleymaniye and the various Turkish language and Turkish history societies. The books are still there. #TurkeyIsATerrorState 2/x
1️⃣1️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇 π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 37, 38,39,40,41, 42 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44) The πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· Government, in order to prevent πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· teachers from teaching in πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· , required them to pass examinations in the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· language for the approval of a new teaching license.>> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> Most courses in the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· schools had to be taught in the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· language. Ethnic πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· in Constantinople were forced to bear the burden of the double salaries paid to the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· teachers teaching in πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· schools,>> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> while at the same time they were asked to pay a special education tax, invented for the purpose of draining them. The Zappeion School for Girls had to shut down because there were statues inspired from the πŸ‡¬πŸ‡· mythology in its premises. >>2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> The Patriarchal Commercial School, the Greek Commercial School in Halki and the Apostolides private school for languages had to shut down and their property has been confiscated by the State. 3/x
#TurkeyIsATerrorState
1️⃣2️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 38 𝒂𝒏𝒅 40)
On 14/6/1926 the πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· Government, in the framework of its strategy of undermining and lowering the status of the Ecumenical Patriatchate,>>1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> initiated criminal proceedings against the Ecumenical Patriarch and all the Holy Synod, on the grounds that they had convened a meeting at the Halki Seminary and not in Phanare (Fener), the administrative seat of the Ecumenical Patriarchate.
>>2/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> In the same period, the Turkish Government did not allow the organization of a Panorthodox Convention by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. 3/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
1️⃣3️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 37, 38,39, 40 𝒂𝒏𝒅 44)
The introduction of the Civil Code in πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· , in Oct. 1926, established for minority institutions an inability to acquire new real estate,>> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> either by property transaction or by donation or inheritance, while the Patriarchate's capacity as a legal entity was not officially recognized, thus causing huge impediments to the management and representation of the huge Patriarchal estate. #TurkeyIsATerrorState
1️⃣4️⃣ (π‘½π’Šπ’π’π’‚π’•π’Šπ’π’ 𝒐𝒇
π‘¨π’“π’•π’Šπ’„π’π’†π’” 14,27,38 𝒂𝒏𝒅 40) Law 1151, passed by the Turkish National Assembly on 25/Jun./1927, substantially and officially abolished the self administration status of the islands Imvros and Tenedos,>> 1/x #TurkeyIsATerrorState
>> shut down on various pretexts the Greek School, prohibited the instruction of the Greek language and placed Christians under persecution, to their final extinction.
#TurkeyIsATerrorState
πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡· started the violations of Lausanne Treaty only 3 months after the ratification. Committed 14 violations in the period 1923-1929 and violated 12 articles -> 2️⃣,5️⃣,1️⃣4️⃣,2️⃣7️⃣,3️⃣7️⃣,3️⃣8️⃣,3️⃣9️⃣,4️⃣0️⃣,4️⃣1️⃣,4️⃣2️⃣,4️⃣3️⃣,4️⃣4️⃣ #TurkeyIsATerrorState >>tomorrow will be the period β€˜30-β€˜39
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