The reconstruction of the Turkish pogromThe chronology of the pogrom takes place in a difficult period, when the Cyprus question had caused difficulties in political relations between Greece, Turkey and England. . Hikmet Bill, owner of the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, and Ahmet Emin Yalmas, owner of Vatan, are believed to have received a large sum of money from British sources to create the political atmosphere for the pogrom. In July 1955, the Turkish press and some organizations such as "Cyprus is Turkish", the National Federation of Turkish Students and the National Union of Turkish Students organized mass demonstrations against the Greek minority in Istanbul and the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Vryonis 2005). Today, most Greeks and Turks are unaware that, on the night of September 6-7, 1955, the government of Adnan Menderes and Turkish intelligence services carried out the most destructive pogrom in Europe since September 1, 1955. .known Krystallnacht on the eve of World War II. Furthermore, they do not know that this pogrom damaged, and in many cases destroyed, many homes, businesses, churches and institutions and that this resulted in the elimination of the Greek minority, the oldest historical community in Turkey ( Vryonis 2005). On the afternoon of September 6, 1955, an Ankara radio station reported that a bomb had exploded under mysterious circumstances in the courtyard of Kemal Atatürk's house in Thessaloniki, causing minor damage. The reports initially sparked no reaction. However, a few hours later, the Turkish newspaper Istanbul Express carried an additional edition. According to the newspaper, Kemal Atatürk's birthplace in Thessaloniki was bombed. ...... middle of paper ...... constituted a deliberate violation of their religion (Vryonis 2005). Despite this, Istanbul's Greek minority still suffered from an intense sense of insecurity, resulting in hundreds of families fleeing from their birthplaces to Greece, threatening to diminish the community as a whole. On the part of the Greek minority, the pogrom of September 6 and 7 dealt a heavy blow to the Turkish economy. Istanbul's street markets, under the control of Greek traders, covered the basic needs of the citizens of Türkiye's most populous city. Consequently, the partial destruction caused the impoverishment of most of the Turkish population, leading to significant shortages of basic goods and rapidly rising prices. The painful situation of the Turkish economy would play an important role in the question of payment of compensation..