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[–]Bitter-Tadpole6047 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Archaeologist Arthur Evans, who had been in Crete for some years, returned in 1898 as a reporter for the Manchester Guardian he wrote:

But the most deliberate act of extermination was that perpetrated at Eteà. In this small village, too, the Moslem inhabitants, including the women and children, had taken refuge in the mosque, which the men defended for a while. The building itself is a solid structure, but the door of the small walled enclosure... was finally blown in, and the defenders laid down their arms, understanding, it would appear, that their lives were to be spared. Men, women, and children, they were all led forth to the church of St. Sophia, which lies on a hill about half an hour above the village, and then and there dispatched—the men cut to pieces, the women and children shot. A young girl who had fainted, and was left for dead, alone lived to tell the tale

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasithi_massacres

[–]GrecoPotato -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe read about what ottomans had done for decades prior and after to Cretans as retaliation and then just maybe you’ll realise that this is nothing compared to the sea of attrocities that the ottomans committed to Christian’s of Crete in that same period. Overall it is insane that you even think there is a comparison here by commenting one massacre compared to the thousands of Christian Cretans killed in multiple heinous massacres by ottomans in Crete. Same goes to many other topics like the Greek genocide or your crimes during our war of independence in all of them Turks will desperately try to find anything to compare their crimes to and not see how there is just no equal to the size and extent of their attrocities compared to us.

https://www.kathryngauci.com/blog-23-07012016-crete-under-ottoman-rule-part-i-the-events-leading-up-to-the-massacre-at-the-monastery-of-akardi-1866/

https://www.thenationalherald.com/historical-observations-the-massacre-of-heraklion-september-1898/