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> The modern state of turkey otoh is the result of 3-5 genocides, not one.

Also the population exchanges, by 1923 over 10% of the Turkish population was Christian and most of them moved to Greece.

And if we’re talking about the USSR, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Operation_of_the_NKVD seems awfully close to genocide

“In Leningrad, the NKVD reviewed local telephone books and arrested almost 7,000 citizens with Polish-sounding name with the vast majority of such nominal "suspects" were executed within 10 days of arrest”



Also the population exchanges, by 1923 over 10% of the Turkish population was Christian and most of them moved to Greece.

You forgot to mention the reciprocal, Turkish / Muslim population from Greece moved to Turkey at the same time.




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