ANADOLULU RUM KADINLAR SAVUNMA ÖRGÜTÜ VE FAALİYETLERİ

Although the Greeks did not know exactly about the developments on the front after the Turkish army’s Sakarya Victory, they were aware that things were not going well for the Greek army. Worried about the rumors that Greece would leave Anatolia, Greek men established the “Hellenic Anatolian Defense Organization [Elliniki Mikrasiatiki Amina (EMA)]” in order to carry out resistance in the event of the Greek army’s withdrawal. This development was followed by the establishment of the “Anatolian Greek Women Defense Organization [Amina Ellinidon Mikrasias (AEM)]”. The aim of our article is to reveal this organization of Greek women and to expose their activities between March-August 1922 by using Izmir Greek press organs Amalthiya, Estia, Tharros, Patris and Sinadelfos newspapers. Anatolian Greek Women Defense Organization was established to support the Hellenic Anatolian Defense Organization and the Greek army, it used the Omirion Girl’s School in Izmir as its center. After the establishment of the organization, many societies belonging to Greek women in Anatolia became branches of the organization. The organization gathered aid by carrying out donations to meet the needs of Greek soldiers in Anatolia, at the same time, established a dialogue with women’s organizations in Greece and western states and asked their support. At the Omirion Girls’ School, clothes for Greek soldiers were sewn by members of the organization.