Harris Samaras

The nature of the Turk, a testimony On 9 September 1922, soon after the Turkish army had moved into Smyrna, a Turkish officer and two soldiers took Archbishop Chrysostomos of Smyrna from the office of the cathedral and delivered him to the Turkish commander-in-chief, Nureddin Pasha. Fahrettin Altay, a Turkish General, went to Mustafa Kemal and told him that Chrysostomos is brought over. Mustafa Kemal instructed Nurreddin Pasha to deal with him. From the balcony Nurredin shouted to the mob below to deal with the Archbishop in any manner they see fit. The mob took possession of Archbishop Chrysostomos and carried him away. A little further on, in front of a barbershop the mob stopped and the Archbishop was slipped into a white barber's overall. They began to beat him with their fists and sticks and to spit on his face. They riddled him with stabs. They tore his beard off, they gouged his eyes out, they cut off his nose and ears. Mustafa Kemal, according to Turkish sources, was saddened by the news. 🙄🤮 | h/t Spirosthe1st #Turkey #Smyrna #ChrysostomosOfSmyrna #MustafaKemal

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