Phocaea 1914

What happened?

Why did it
happen?

A question of
concealment?

Brief
history

Timeline
of events

WHAT HAPPENED?

What happened between 11-13 June 1914 in Old Phocaea? Dr. Emre Erol, whose research focuses on the development of the town from a busy Ottoman port to an almost ghost town, gives a brief timeline of the forced displacement of its Christian citizens.

Félix Sartiaux’s photographs all (c) Kallimages/ Haris Yiakoumis, from “Phocée 1914: le témoignage de Félix Sartiaux” ed. Kallimages, Paris 2008