Reports on atrocities in the districts of Yalova and Guemlek and in the Ismid Peninsula : $b Presented to Parliament by command of His MajestyInter-Allied Commission of Enquiry into Atrocities in Yalova and Guemlek
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Reports on atrocities in the districts of Yalova and Guemlek and in the Ismid Peninsula : $b Presented to Parliament by command of His Majesty
Inter-Allied Commission of Enquiry into Atrocities in Yalova and Guemlek
Greco-Turkish War, 1921-1922 -- Atrocities
The headquarters of the 10th Greek Division is at Guemlek. The troops
belonging to this division provide cover for the Greek army further
towards the east in the direction of Yeni Shehr.
4. Turkish civilian administration is non-existent throughout this
region. It has not been replaced by any other organisation.
5. The commission carried out its task in the region east of Guemlek and
on the northern shore of the Gulf of Mudania from the 13th to the 20th
May. On the 20th May it proceeded to the region of Yalova and returned
to Constantinople on the 22nd May, having completed its mission.
During this period it carried out the following tasks:—
(_a._) During two days it heard, either at the mayor’s house or at the
Turkish headquarters at Guemlek, all Greek, Armenian and
Moslem inhabitants who had any statements to make with regard
to the events which recently took place in this region.
All these statements, even those concerning occurrences which
took place a long time ago, or in distant localities, were
received.
(_b._) It visited villages which had been burned within the line of
outposts, such as Chengeller (Armenian), and Bazarkeui
(Turkish), as also the Turkish villages of Chitelji and
Gedelek in the rear of this line, which had also been burned.
On the 15th May the commission, having watched from its ship
the burning of villages on the northern shore of the Gulf of
Mudania, proceeded on the 15th, 16th and 17th May to the
Turkish localities known as Narli, Karaja Ali, Kumlar,
Kapakli, and Fistikli, and to that of Armudli, inhabited by
Greeks and Moslems.
It established the fact of the recent passage of armed Greek
and Armenian bands, and noted that Kapakli, Narli and Karaja
Ali were still burning. In these villages, as also in the
neighbourhood of that of Kumlar, the commission found
twenty-eight bodies of old men and women who had been
recently shot or knocked on the head. An infant was also
found alive at Kapakli.
(_c._) The commission collected all the statements concerning recent
events, and more particularly that of the Greek officer
commanding a reconnoitring detachment which had operated
between Guemlek and Armudli on the 13th, 14th and 15th May,
as well as that of the Greek officer in command of the fixed
post of Armudli.
(_d._) The commission assured the embarkation for Constantinople of
the inhabitants of Kumlar and the Moslem refugees of Guemlek
(some 2,300).
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