With the outbreak of World War I , the Ottoman policies against the Greek communities took a more violent and systematic form and affected a more extensive area , including also Pontus in northern Anatolia .
154,000 ethnic Greek inhabitants living in the Ottoman Empire lost their homes .
With the outbreak of World War I , the Ottoman Empire policies against the Greek communities took a more violent and systematic form and affected a more extensive area , including also Pontus in northern Anatolia .
154,000 ethnic Greek inhabitants living in the Ottoman Empire lost their homes .