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Imbros is a historically Greek island in Turkey. It was primarily inhabited by Greeks from antiquity until the 1960s. The 1923 Lausanne Treaty, which recognized the borders and independence of Turkey, established a special status – including the right to a Greek local administration – for the then-Greek-populated Aegean islands, Imbros and Tenedos (Bozcaada). According to the treaty, Greek residents were supposed to be protected by the Turkish government.  However, those provisions of the treaty were never honored by Turkey. The island’s Turkification happened in a detailed and carefully designed process. The sense of security, educational rights, language, and economic well-being of the Greek Christians on that island were all targeted systematically. In 1965, a “semi-open prison” was opened on the island. The inmates were allowed to wander around everywhere on the island, committing violent crimes against the Greek population, such as harassment, rape, arson, attacks on Greek homes, and robbery. In 1991, once the Greek population was reduced to a mere remnant, the prison was closed down. The lands owned by the Greek population and the properties of all Greek foundations began to be confiscated in the 1960s. Greek schools were closed down. The island was then declared a “military zone” in 1970.  While all these policies were implemented, ethnic Turks were settled on the island. Then in 1970, the name of Imbros was changed to “Gökçeada.” The rapid decrease in the Greek resident population and the equally rapid increase in the number of Muslims/Turks clearly reveal the “population engineering” designed by the Turkish state. For more info, please read: dailycaller.com/2019/05/22/m… And: Turkey says torture, murder of 86-year-old Greek man in Imbros is “not a hate crime”: jihadwatch.org/2021/06/turke…