August 1995, the US Senate passed a special resolution marking the September 1955 pogrom, calling on the President of the United States Bill Clinton to proclaim 6 September as a Day of Memory for the victims of the pogrom. Current anti-Greek tendencies in Turkey As of 2013, popular Turkish TV show allegedly portrayed the Greek people in a negative way. The show featured several Greek characters as prostitutes and traitors. This resulted in complaints by representatives of the local Greek communities, since similar tendencies triggered the outbreak of anti-Greek pogroms and massive expulsions during the 1950s and 1960s. The series' lead actor Oktay Kaynarca denied the allegations of a racially motivated scene. Representations in popular media In 2021 Netflix aired the TV-series The Club (Turkish: Kulüp) about a night club on Istanbul's İstiklal Avenue in the 1950s. In part two, that aired in 2022, there are multiple depictions that show an anti-Greek sentiment and in the last episode the pogrom is depicted. See also Anti-Armenian sentiment Anti-Greek sentiment Antisemitism in Turkey Armenians in Turkey Christianity in Turkey Freedom of religion in Turkey Greeks in Turkey History of the Jews in Turkey Human rights in Turkey Late Ottoman genocides Minorities in Turkey Racism in Turkey 1918 Toronto anti-Greek riot Greek Town riot Varlik Vergisi Great Fire of 1660 Burning of Smyrna (September 1922) Turkish nationalism Demographics of Istanbul Demographics of Turkey References Further reading Alexandris, Alexis. The Greek Minority of Istanbul and Greek–Turkish Relations: 1918–1974. Athens: Center for Asia Minor Studies, 1983. Güllapoğlu, Fatih. Tanksız Topsuz Harekât: Psikolojik Harekat (The Tankless, Cannonless Operation), Tekin Yayinevi, 1991. . The "magnificent organization" quotes originates here, p. 104. Güllapoğlu, Fatih. "Türk Gladio'su İçin Bazı İpuçları", Tempo Dergisi, p. 24, 9–15 June 1991. Güven, Dilek. Cumhuriyet Dönemi Azınlık Politikaları ve Stratejileri Bağlamında 6–7 Eylül Olayları , İletişim, 2006. . Based on author's doctoral dissertation, Nationalismus, Sozialer Wandel und Minderheiten : Die Ausschreitungen gegen die Nichtmuslime der Turkei from Ruhr University Bochum. Güven, Dilek. Riots against the Non-Muslims of Turkey: 6/7 September 1955 in the context of demographic engineering. European Journal of Turkish Studies. Social Sciences on Contemporary Turkey, 2011. External links The documentary that was shown at the defaced exhibit in 2005: (mirror at Google Videos) Pogrom against Greek Society of Istanbul Pictures and text information based on events of 6 to 7 September 1955 during the Pogrom against Greek Minority of Istanbul, TR NTVMSNBC