Within a crucible of #GrecoTurkishWar & the aftermath of #WorldWarI, #Türkiye was born from ashes of the #OttomanEmpire. Its first constitution was adopted #ThisDayInHistory in 1921, establishing #nationalism as its core principle, thus inheriting the worst of the #YoungTurk era.

On 8 September 1922, near the end of the #GrecoTurkishWar of 1919-1922, the victorious army of #MustafaKemal began to pour into the city. Their #atrocities against the non-Muslim civilian population started almost immediately 5/12