IZMIRI YAKAN SAKALLI NURI VE KEMALISTLERIN INKARCI TORUNLARINA IZMIRIN KIMLERIN YAKTIGININ BELGESI >>>>>> SMYRNA 1922: The Destruction of a City was first published in 1971. Based on a thorough research of historical archives, it provides captivating factual documentation with vivid accounts about the destruction of the City of Smyrna , as well as the slaughter and deportation of its Christian inhabitants. Until 1922, Smyrna had been a remarkably prosperous city in Asia Minor and was rightly considered the jewel of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Professor M. H. Dobkin brings to light suppressed and very little known facts about the annihilation and deportation of the Christian citizens of Smyrna, whose roots there went far back thousands of years. In September 1922, Mustapha Kemal, the revolutionary ruler of Turkey , led his troops into Smyrna (now Izmir ), which at that time was a predominantly Christian city. While a flotilla of twenty-seven Allied warships - including three American destroyers - looked on, the Turks indulged in an orgy of pillage, rape and slaughter; which the Western powers condoned - eager to protect their oil and trade interests in Turkey - through their silence and by their refusal to intervene. Turkish forces then set fire to the legendary city and totally destroyed it. A massive cover-up followed, by tacit agreement of the Western Allies, who had defeated Turkey and Germany during World War I. By 1923, Smyrna s demise was all but expunged from historical memory. At Barnard College of Columbia University, NY , NY , USA , Professor M. H. Dobkin taught the following subjects for over forty years: English literature, Philosophy, Humanities and an advanced seminar in the writing of non fiction. She has authored four books, including Smyrna 1922 (which has been translated into Greek) as well as innumerable articles, some of which have been cited in books authored by well known Genocide Scholars in the USA and abroad. Reprints of articles from the book Smyrna 1922 exist in anthologies. Professor M. H. Dobkin has been awarded an Honorary Degree (Lit. D.) by Wilson College for her book Smyrna 1922. She is Member of the American Center of the International Writer’s Association PEN, the Author’s Guild, the Modern Language Association, the International Association of Genocide Scholars and the Institute on the Study of Genocide. With the kind permission of Professor M. H. Dobkin and her Publisher and for the benefit of Web readers, the Introduction and the closing 21st Chapter XXI of the book SMYRNA 1922 are presented below. These excerpts provide an insight into this very fine scholarly work, that reveals and documents the hidden and silenced historical facts on the destruction of the city of SMYRNA in 1922 and sheds light on the inhumane fate of its Christian inhabitants. Marked-up are some passages of the following excerpts, in order to invite the attention of the reader. SMYRNA 1922 The Destruction of a City Marjorie Housepian Dobkin
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