The Two Greek Women Who Refused to Convert After Naousa Fell in 1822
When Ottoman forces captured Naousa in April 1822, two Greek Christian women were taken prisoner and subjected to a brutal attempt to break their faith. Their…
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The Last Hours Inside Hagia Sophia Before the Doors Were Smashed Down
On May 29, 1453, after a 53-day siege, the Ottoman army of Sultan Mehmed II broke through the walls of Constantinople. Emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos died…
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How the Ottoman Fleet Was Broken Off the Greek Coast in 1571
455 years ago, one of history’s most decisive naval battles unfolded just off the Greek coast, and it changed the course of the Mediterranean world.
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Cyprus: Turkey Must Open Military Archives on Missing Persons
Cyprus will not drop its demand for Turkey to open its military archives and reveal the fate of missing persons from the 1974 invasion, Labour Minister Marinos…
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Kolokotronis: “Freedom or Death, We Never Compromised”
When a British naval commander suggested in 1822 that Greece should accept autonomy under the Ottoman Sultan, Theodoros Kolokotronis gave him an answer that…
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The Christian Massacre Turkey Doesn’t Want You Remembering
In April 1909, mobs tore through the Armenian quarters of Adana, a city in southern Anatolia, killing, raping, and burning in what became one of the most…
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A 1974 Photo Shows Turkish Soldiers Holding a Greek Flag in Cyprus
A photograph attributed to 1974 shows three armed Turkish soldiers holding a Greek flag during Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus. The image has resurfaced and is…
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Greece Declared War on the Ottomans 114 Years Ago Today. The Map Never Looked the Same.
On October 5, 1912, Greece officially declared war on the Ottoman Empire and entered the First Balkan War. By the end of that campaign, Greece had nearly…
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Turkey Calls EU Parliament “Biased” Over Cyprus War Memorial
Turkey’s Defense Ministry fired back at the European Parliament this week, accusing it of “distorting historical facts” after an EU committee recommended…
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Erdogan: “I Congratulate the 104th Anniversary of Smyrna’s Liberation”
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan marked the anniversary of the Smyrna catastrophe this week by calling it the “liberation of Smyrna from enemy…
