Author: Vryonis, Speros
Title: The Mechanism of Catastrophe : The Turkish Pogrom of September 6-7, 1955, and the Destruction of the Greek Community of Istanbul
Description: New York, Greekworks.com, 2005. orig. boards, dustwrapper.. 35,(90),659pp, 24x16cm.. 90pp photoplates. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents : Prologue: a personal chronicle -- Introduction: the Greeks of Istanbul on the eve of September 6,1955 -- Background and institutions of the pogrom -- The pogrom -- Moral and material damages, and the economics and politics of compensation -- From Papagos to Karamanles (the economics and politics of compensation continued) -- The attack on the Greek Orthodox Church -- Crime and punishment, and the trial of the Menderes government -- Conclusions --Appendixes .

Keywords: Modern Greece, Ethnic Greeks, Turkey, Istanbul, Minorities, 1955 Pogrom, Political History, Politics, Greek Minority