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Ottoman Janissary group sings nationalistic songs in Thessaloniki with all pomposity (video)

Some Greeks reportedly invited the group to Thessaloniki

Historic city of Ioannina celebrates anniversary of Ottoman liberation

Its liberation followed the battle of Bizani, where a strong fortress guarded the roads to Ioannina

Leonardo da Vinci planned to build longest bridge in the world in Constantinople

His plans were rejected by the Ottoman Sultan

The Thirty-Year Genocide

This incisive work transmits to us in these dark days of political turmoil, says Colin Shindler

Boris Johnson and his Ottoman roots! (video)

The new British PM is the great-grandson of a Minister of the Ottoman Empire

Piri Reis Map – Evidence of Ancient Technology?

The theory implies that a prehistoric civilization had the technology to navigate major seaways and fairly accurately chart the globe

A rare document signed by Theodoros Kolokotronis to go up for auction (photo)

The document is a pledge by the Peloponnesian Senate Elders to leave their differences aside and fight for the motherland

Romantic weekend getaway: A journey into the magical land of Ioannina (photos)

A city full of traditions and history

The brave self-sacrifice at Arkadi in the fight with the Ottomans on November 9, 1866

The heroic death of the Cretans opened the way for their union with Greece in 1913

Commemorating Thessaloniki’s Liberation from the Turks (photos)

The city was liberated on the evening of October 26, 1912, the day of the feast of the patron saint of Thessaloniki, Agios Dimitrios

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