EDUARD POLATOV: 29 OF 80 GREEK CHURCHES WERE SET ON FIRE

AZG Armenian Daily #159
07/09/2005

Eduard Polatov, president of Patrida NGO of Greeks of Armenia,
told Arminfo agency that as a result of pogroms 50 years ago, 29
of 80 Greek Orthodox churches were set on fire and ruined, more
than 4000 trading centers along with 2000 houses were completely
destroyed. Polatov noted also that the pogroms of 1955 resulted in
emigration of Armenians and Greeks from Turkey.