On 1914 , there were many attacks from Turks ( including Turkish soldiers ) , against Greek citizens of Madytos . Many of the attacks were lethal . On 17 April 1915 , the town was evacuated in the space of five hours . Turks plunder organized the property of the Greek population , despite the promise of Essad Pasha to the Greek Metropolitan that the Christian properties would be respected . The Greeks deprived of everything they had , sojourning four days in the mountains and then were embarked and dispatched to the diocese of Cyzicus . Many of them died from the hardship . These measures were part of the ongoing persecution of Greeks in the Ottoman Empire at the time . On 1916 , a Greek woman of Madytos was raped by eighteen Turkish soldiers
ongoing persecution of Greeks
Greek genocide
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