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Istanbul pogrom

Took place on September 6, 1955

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The 72nd anniversary falls on September 6, 2027, in 317 days.

The Istanbul pogrom, also known as the Istanbul riots, were a series of state-sponsored anti-Greek mob attacks directed primarily at Istanbul's Greek minority on 6–7 September 1955.

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