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Moscopole: The Greek town of 50,000 in Northern Epirus destroyed by Turco-Albanian forces in just three days in 1769

Where is Moscopole located? Who lived there? Why was it known as the "Athens of Ottoman Rule"? How many people lived there in 1769, and why was it destroyed by Albanian armed bands? The town's eventual capture by Ali Pasha

Today, 570 years ago The Fall of Constantinople changed the course of history

The Ottoman Turks breached the walls of the queen of cities

How the Greek revolution made the modern world – Analysis

The 1821 uprising against the Ottomans won staunch support from Europe’s liberals. The precedent it set for intervention still echoes in debates over Ukraine

May 19: Greeks commemorate Pontian Genocide

335,000 were killed by the Ottoman Turks

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