Escape from Asia Minor - The Memoir of a Native Greek Pharmacist Who Served in the Ottoman and Kemalist Armies During the Greek Genocide

After serving valiantly in the Ottoman Army during World War 1, native Greek pharmacist Michail Angelou of Küplü in Asia Minor was expecting a peaceful life after the war. Instead, he was arrested and imprisoned for no reason. During a period of persecution and genocide in Ottoman Turkey and with the fear of massacre and relocation constantly on his mind, Angelou joined the newly-formed Kemalist army, thinking he would be protected from ill-treatment. But that wasn't the case. As a paid member of the Kemalist army, Angelou was privy to the policies of the Kemalists. So after learning of the Kemalist plan to exterminate the remaining Christians in Turkey, Angelou knew that his only chance of survival, was to escape from Asia Minor.