PHOCAEA 1914
Phocaea, June 11-13, 1914
What happened?
Why did it happen?
A question of concealment?
Available documents and archives
Félix Sartiaux’s testimony
Charles Manciet’s testimony
Celal Bayar & Eşref Kuşcucaşı’s memoirs
Newspapers
Greek MFA Telegrams
GENERAL HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Ten years of war: from the Balkan Wars to the “Catastrophe”/ War of Independence (1912-1922)
Violence in a crumbling Empire
Rival ethno-religious nationalisms
The Committee of Union and Progress
Teşkilât-ı Mahsûsa (Special Organisation)
The economic boycotts
1914: a prelude to the Armenian Genocide?
HISTORY & MEMORY STUDIES
Oral History
Collective Trauma
National narratives & Memory
RESEARCH
Emre Erol’s research on Eski Foça
Oktay Özel on the Ottoman Archives
Efi Gazi on the Centre for Asia Minor Studies
The Engin Berber Archive
The Sartiaux photography collection
Sklavou & Tatakis on the Film Documentary “Events in Phocaea, 1914”