On June 1914 Turkish forces attacked the Greek residents of the city resulting the Massacre of Phocaea . During the massacre in YeniFoça , a local Muslim mother tried to defend the execution of her Greek neighbor by risking quarrel with chettes ( Turkish irregular armed forces ) . People who belonged to the local networks were radically different in their perception of the Greeks compared to the muhacirs who were alien to the local networks . The local communities favored the Greeks . When the Greeks left , due to the attacks , their houses were occupied by muhacirs ( forced Muslim migrants ) . Some of these Greeks returned later ( 1919 ) to their houses , when the Greek army arrived at the city . The muhacirs that lived there ran away when the Greeks returned . When the Greek army defeated ( 1922 ) , according to a testimony of a muhacir , the Greeks who tried to escape with boats or other things " were stopped and the punishments they deserved were delivered to them in and around the harbor of Eski Foça "
Massacre of Phocaea
Massacre of Phocaea
Yenifoça