The Greek-Cypriot Shipowner Who Built a Fortune in the Iran-Iraq Tanker War
While most shipping companies fled the Persian Gulf during the Iran-Iraq War, one Greek-Cypriot shipowner sailed straight into the danger zone and turned it…
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Greece Sank Ottoman Naval Supremacy Off Samos in 1824
On August 5, 1824, Greek revolutionary forces shattered Ottoman naval dominance in the Aegean in a battle off the coast of Samos that changed the course of the…
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Turkey Submits Law to Reintegrate PKK Militants, End 40-Year War
Turkey’s ruling coalition submitted a draft law to parliament on Wednesday that would protect thousands of former PKK militants from prosecution and suspend…
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2,364 Years Ago Today, an 18-Year-Old Alexander Ended the Greek City-State
On this day in 338 BC, the Battle of Chaeronea settled who would rule the Greek world. Philip II of Macedon led 30,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry into the…
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The Greek Bishop Who Refused to Flee as 4,000 of His People Were Slaughtered
104 years ago this October, Metropolitan Gregorios of Kydonies was tortured and killed by Kemalist forces in Ayvalik, one of the final acts of the Asia Minor…
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Turkey’s New Claim: Aegean Islands Are “Greek Colonies” Like Ceuta
A narrative is spreading across Turkish social media comparing the Aegean islands to Ceuta and Melilla, the Spanish-administered territories on the North…
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Turkey Tells UN the 1974 Cyprus Invasion Was “Legal and Justified”
Turkey has formally submitted a letter to the United Nations declaring that its 1974 military operation in Cyprus was “legal and justified,” rejecting the…
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The Treaty That Promised Greece Asia Minor, Then Vanished in Two Years
On July 28, 1920, exactly 106 years ago today, Eleftherios Venizelos signed the Treaty of Sèvres in a suburb of Paris, reshaping Greece into what supporters…
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The Greek General Who Saved the Revolution With 2,500 Men Against 25,000
204 years ago today, on July 28, 1822, Greek forces under Theodoros Kolokotronis delivered one of the most decisive blows of the entire War of Independence at…
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The Last Stand of Greece’s Most Feared Mountain Warriors
On July 28, 1822, the Souliotes surrendered for the second and final time, forced out of their mountain stronghold in Epirus after the Greek revolutionary…
