The Turks have claimed that the Greek army landing was marked from the very first day by the "first bullet" fired on Greek detachments by the journalist Hasan Tahsin and the bayonetting to death of Colonel Fethi Bey and his unarmed soldiers in the city's historic barracks ("Sarı Kışla — the Yellow Barracks"), for refusing to shout ""Zito o Venizelos" ("Long Live Venizelos").