Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Universal History Studies, cilt.5, sa.2, ss.253-266, 2022 (Scopus)
The armistice period was a time when the Ottoman State and the Istanbul Rum Orthodox Patriarchate and the majority of the Rum population faced off each other. The patriarchate and the Rum people, who supported the Greek army invading Anatolia, were of the opinion that the Ottoman administration in the country was completely over. On these bases, they were trying to realize their desires on Istanbul and Anatolia. However, the Rums did not act as a single front, nor were they politically bound to a single target. The conflict between Venizelos and Constantine in Greece and this separation also affected the Ottoman Rums. Although Venizelos was the main determining power among the Ottoman Rums and the Patriarchate, there was also an important pro-King Constantine mass. One of the important figures of the pro-Constantine opposition against the obvious Venizelos support in the Patriarchate was Trabzon Metropolitan Hrisanthos Flippides. Although Hrisanthos sometimes acted together with the Patriarchate and Venizelos on issues such as the “Pontus” issue, he was generally in conflict with both the patriarchate and Venizelos. This conflict was especially evident during the patriarch election in 1921.