In an official statement issued on September 7, 1955, the Menderes government expressed its deepest sadness for the losses suffered by the Greek minority in Istanbul. The Turkish Prime Minister blamed the riots on the communists, emphasizing his commitment to exemplary punishment of the perpetrators of the riots (Xristidis 2000). The interpretation of the pogrom as a conspiracy of international communism was repeated at the extraordinary meeting of the Grand National Assembly, which took place on September 12, 1955. However, under the force of circumstances, Adnan Menderes admitted that the government was aware of the demonstration. September 6, in advance. The Turkish Prime Minister also claimed that the riot was a spontaneous expression of the national sentiment of the Turkish people, stimulated by the news of the impending massacre of Turkish Cypriots on August 28. Furthermore, he said that the hysteria that gripped the crowd was so strong that it immobilized the police forces, who found themselves caught between their quest to restore order and their commitment to the homeland, thus leaving total freedom of movement for demonstrators. The Turkish government's claim that the country suffered a major blow from the communists was met with skepticism by foreign observers (Guven 2006). Firstly, the number of communists in Türkiye was small and, secondly, their activities were under the watchful eye of the Turkish intelligence services (MIT). It appears that only a small percentage of those arrested immediately after the episodes were communists. The arrest of those who had communist beliefs, such as the famous Turkish writer Aziz Nessin, was completely unjustified, as there was no evidence of their participation in the newspaper milieu......in fact, the Christians Orthodox and Jews, who constitute the largest minority groups in Türkiye. Furthermore, according to nationalist elites, these minorities were assimilable and therefore incapable of becoming part of the Turkish nation. Furthermore, they declared that non-Muslim minorities, mainly Greeks, were not composed of loyal citizens but possible traitors to the Turkish state (Guven 2006). Adnan Menderes believed that the implementation of Turkification, with the aim of establishing an independent Turkish state, was a national and extremely important responsibility of every Turk. A corollary of this concept was the effort to assimilate the Greek minority by force, applying a policy of discrimination and restrictions against them. In this context, the language, culture and desires of non-Muslim minorities had to be linked to the history and dignity of Turks..