“Few Qataris who fought the Ottoman colonialists would have imagined that their grandchildren would become Turkey's closest allies”
Ottoman Empire
On the occasion of the sad anniversary of the Fall of the "City of the Cities" in May 29th 1453 to the Ottoman Turks
The records of this meteorite strike were written in a difficult, arcane form of the Turkish language
Forgetting is permission to repeat the evil, he said
"Today, we honour the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, a human and historical tragedy that we must never forget"
It is estimated that 3.000 Greeks were killed during the Exodus of Missolonghi
Some Greeks reportedly invited the group to Thessaloniki
Its liberation followed the battle of Bizani, where a strong fortress guarded the roads to Ioannina
His plans were rejected by the Ottoman Sultan
This incisive work transmits to us in these dark days of political turmoil, says Colin Shindler