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An Outlook of American Missionaries on Greek Destruction and Background of a ReportKeywords: Near East Relief , American Missionaries , Annie Allen , Florence Billings , Halide Edip. Abstract: Of the foreign service and aid agencies whose number increased towards the end of OttomanEmpire, especially American missionaries maintained their existence during the First World War andThe Turkish War of Independence, thus took part in some political and social events. The relations betweenNear East Relief (NER) and Ankara Government during the Turkish War of Independence isrevealed in a report prepared by the two relief workers of this organization. The relations that the AnkaraGovernment had formerly established with the two relief workers of NER, Annie Allen and FlorenceBillings, later conduced to the preparation of a report that was based on observation and interviews illustratingthe demolition in seven vilages of Sivrihisar providence caused by the Greeks during their retreat.This report is important in that it indicates the efforts of Ankara Government to make its cause knownthroughout the world and it reflects the Greek destruction from a realistic and neutral point of view.
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