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Were Greece’s claims in Asia Minor justified – The demographic reality behind the “Great Idea”
In the aftermath of World War I, Greece pursued the dream of reclaiming historic Hellenic lands in Asia Minor — a vision rooted in centuries of Greek presence along the coast of Anatolia. Yet a century later, historians continue to debate whether these territorial ambitions were truly justified. Was the Greek campaign of 1919–1922 an act of imperial overreach, or a desperate attempt to protect threatened Greek populations
The “Septemvriana,” 70 years on: The role of the Turkish agent who triggered the massacre of Constantinople’s Greeks in 1955
Seventy years ago, a young Turkish agent set in motion one of the most violent attacks on the Greek community of Istanbul since the Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922
The “Destruction” of the Klephts of the Morea (1806) – How Theodoros Kolokotronis Escaped
The relentless persecution, arrests, and executions of hundreds of klephts – What Theodoros Kolokotronis, who escaped the “destruction,” writes, as well as the accounts of the British travelers Leake and Dodwell, who witnessed the events up close
572 years since the Fall of Constantinople – The life, reign, and tragic end of Constantine Palaiologos
The end of Constantine Palaiologos How he became Emperor of Byzantium – The Ottoman siege of Constantinople and its fall – What happened to Constantine – The legend of the "Marble King" – Why was Constantine Palaiologos-Dragaš the 12th Constantine and not the 11th
ASPIDA affair, 60 years later: Conspiracy or frame-up?
On May 18, 1965, the case that paved the way for the July 1965 political crisis came to light – It remains one of the most controversial chapters in Greek history – The interrogations, the continuation of prosecutions against 11 politicians under the junta, and the amnesty granted by Papadopoulos
