How Greece’s Most Hated Ruler Became Its Most Celebrated Hero
Ninety years ago this August, Ioannis Metaxas dissolved the Greek parliament and imposed a dictatorship that would define one of the most contested chapters in…
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724 Years Ago Today, Osman I Crushed Byzantium’s Last Stand in Asia Minor
On this day in 1302, the Battle of Bapheus dealt the Byzantine Empire a blow it would never recover from in Asia Minor. A Byzantine force of roughly 2,000 men…
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The Greek General Who Fought the Turks, Then Got a Death Sentence From His Own Government
162 years ago today, on July 27, 1864, Dimitrios Plapoutas died in the family tower of Paloumba, Arcadia. He was 78 years old, a decorated general of the Greek…
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US Navy War Diaries Recorded the Pontic Genocide
American naval officers stationed in the Black Sea between 1919 and 1923 wrote down what they witnessed in their war diaries, and those records now serve as…
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The 1824 Battle That Saved the Greek Revolution Nobody Remembers
Two thousand Greek fighters defeated an Ottoman-Albanian force six times their size at Ambliani in Phocis on July 14, 1824, one of the most overlooked…
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Treaty of Lausanne Signed 103 Years Ago Today. It Legally Sealed the Exile of Pontian Greeks Forever.
103 years ago today, on July 24, 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne was signed, and with it, the forced displacement of Pontian and Asia Minor Greeks became…
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Turkey Claims Trojan Revenge Over Greece. It Goes Back Centuries
Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey film has reignited a debate in Turkey that runs far deeper than cinema. Turkey’s Ragıp Soylu, bureau chief for Middle East Eye in…
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How 600 Greeks Sent 6,000 Ottoman Troops Running in 1824
On July 8, 1824, fewer than 600 Greek revolutionary fighters managed to put 6,000 Ottoman troops to flight in a battle that history largely forgot. The…
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Turkish VP: “Turkey Brought Peace to Greek Cypriots”
Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz claimed Monday that Turkey’s 1974 invasion of Cyprus brought peace not just to Turkish Cypriots, but to Greek Cypriots and…
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Russia Strikes Turkish Cargo Ship in Black Sea, 5 Dead
Russian cruise missiles struck a Turkish bulk carrier in the Black Sea on Sunday, killing five crew members and leaving five others unaccounted for. Eight…
