Pontic Greek genocide
The Pontic Greek genocide was the killing of all Greek people who lived in the Pontus region of Ottoman Empire. This is the northeast of modern Turkey. The genocide took place between 1914 and 1923. It happened when the Young Turks and Kemalists killed or deported Pontians through the Syrian desert. The estimates of the number of people that were killed vary. Most historians say between 350,000 and 353,000 were effected.