1922 Great Fire of Smyrna

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1922_Great_Fire_of_Smyrna

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedPopulation	Armenian population of Smyrna Greek population of Smyrna
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Burning_of_Smyrna
gptkbp:casualties	thousands
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Greek_genocide gptkb:Armenian_genocide 1922 in Turkey History of Izmir Fires in Turkey Massacres in Turkey
gptkbp:commemoratedBy	September 13 memorials in Greece and Armenia
gptkbp:country	gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:destroyedBy	gptkb:Armenian_quarter Greek quarter
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Paradise_Lost_by_Giles_Milton gptkb:The_Great_Fire_by_Lou_Ureneck
gptkbp:endDate	1922-09-22
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	1922 Great Fire of Smyrna
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Izmir gptkb:Smyrna
gptkbp:notablePerson	gptkb:Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk gptkb:Metropolitan_Chrysostomos_of_Smyrna gptkb:Asım_Gündüz gptkb:Horton,_US_Consul gptkb:Aristidis_Stergiadis gptkb:George_Horton gptkb:Nureddin_Pasha Asım Gündüz, Turkish commander
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Greco-Turkish_War_(1919–1922)
gptkbp:perpetrator	disputed
gptkbp:precededBy	capture of Smyrna by Turkish forces
gptkbp:refugees	hundreds of thousands
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Greek_genocide gptkb:population_exchange_between_Greece_and_Turkey gptkb:Armenian_genocide
gptkbp:resultedIn	massive refugee crisis large-scale civilian casualties destruction of much of the city
gptkbp:significance	major event in population exchange between Greece and Turkey end of Greek presence in Smyrna
gptkbp:spared	gptkb:Turkish_quarter concentration camp
gptkbp:startDate	1922-09-13
gptkbp:witnessedBy	journalists foreign diplomats
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Izmir,_Turkey
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6