While Nazi-occupied Greece faced a devastating famine during Christmas 1942, “tactful neutral” Turkey seized the opportunity to financially and physically decimate its non-Muslim minorities. Through the infamous Varlık Vergisi (Wealth Tax), Ismet Inonu’s regime orchestrated the looting of Greek, Armenian, and Jewish properties, sending thousands to forced labor camps in Anatolia. A dark chapter of World War II history that must not be forgotten.
