Greek General Theodoros Kolokotronis, known as the ultimate symbol and leading figure of the Greek…
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Former member of the far right Grey Wolves and one of the leading figures of…
Britain’s Culture Secretary Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan says restoring the Sculptures to their homeland of Greece would only serve to spark a wave of further demands for the return of other ancient artefacts that are currently also held in Britain. “Where does that end?” she asks.
I haven’t had a chance to read the book “The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs”…
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday that Turkey violated the rights…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was reportedly handed out free bread rolls (koulouria) in Taksim…
On this day in 1912, the commander of the 8th Turkish army corps, Hasan Tahsin Pasha, signed the protocol officially surrendering Thessaloniki to the advancing Greek Army during the First Balkan War.
The Balkan League, comprising of Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Montenegro, declared war against the Ottoman…
On September 23rd, 1821, the rebellious Greeks won a significant victory against the Turks, which led the way to the final liberation of Greece from the Ottomans.
An Iraqi Shia militia group has vowed to fight back against Turkey in its plans…
Boris Johnson, Britain’s eccentric former Prime Minister is seldom, if ever, brought up in relation…
How Turkey is Islamizing its former Christian colonies after an unequal partition while claiming secular…
Turkey wants Greek officials to ask for permission to visit Greek islands; Greece sends letter to UN
Turkey has declared that as successor to the Ottoman Empire it has sovereignty to all…
At the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence in March 1821, Greeks from all…
April 6 is a painful day for every Greek as it marks the beginning of…
Thessaloniki, the second largest city for most of the existence of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine)…
Each year, Hellenes all over the world celebrate Greek Independence Day on March 25, which is a national holiday in Greece. Today marks the 201st anniversary of Greek Independence Day. This is when Greeks remember their long struggle against the Ottoman Empire, an effort that eventually leads to Greece’s independence.
Each year on March 25, Greeks all over the world celebrate Greek Independence Day, which…
With the entire world’s focus on Ukraine, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan remembered that neighbouring…
Described as an “Ocean’s Eleven minus Brad Pitt meets Dan Brown, Byron and Thucydides”, ‘The Aegean Seven’ is a new historical fiction by Billy Cotsis for those who want to know more about the period in which and how the Parthenon Sculptures were taken. Despite many of the characters being purely fiction, the novel lays out what happened and how it happened on the eve of the Greek Revolution and freedom.