The Occupat？on and Salvat？on Days of Turgutlu ？n the Memor？es of Niyazi Din？soy

Following the Mondros armistice signed at the end of the First World War, Izmir was occupied by the Greeks on May 15, Manisa on May 25, and Turgutlu on May 29, 1919. The memories of Niyazi Din？soy shed light on what was going on during the three-year, three-month, eight-day occupation in Turgutlu. Niyazi Din？soy, five and nine when the invasion begins. Niyazi Din？soy experienced, witnessed and witnessed the suffering of the Greek occupation in his childhood. Niyazi Din？soy, during the withdrawal of the Greek army after the Great attack, consciously committed massacres in Turgutlu and burning and destruction left deep pain in his heart. He was in Turgutlu during the Greek burning of Turgutlu and managed to get rid of the Great Fire with his family. However, even years later, the burnt houses, the burnt quarries, the murdered people and the images of the raped women, the silent waiting for the death of raped women and young men, who died, were not erased from their memories. This article; Din？soy’s life, memories of the occupation of Turgutlu by the Greeks, the suffering of the occupation, the attitudes of those in cooperation with the invaders, the work of the Islamic Society of the town Maarifi, the unknown heroes of Turgutlu, the burning of Turgutlu after the Great attack by the Greeks and the liberation of the occupation are described