 In the early summer of 1921, due to the developments of the ongoing Greco-Turkish War, the retreat of the Hellenic Army was imminent.The Christian population had become panic-stricken fearing a wholesale massacre by the Kemalists, so it was decided that the civilians were to be evacuated.As a result, a total of 22,000 inhabitants who had sought refuge in the city during the Hellenic occupation in addition to the ca.