The religious leader delivered his annual message during the hoisting of the Greek flag
Ottoman Turks
Between 1530 and 1780, it is estimated that 1.520.000 Europeans alone had been enslaved!
“Our conclusion that between 1,5 and 2,5 million Christians were murdered, from 1894 to 1924, is a cautious estimate”
At least one thousand Greeks who were at the port clashed with the French ship crew and Ottoman soldiers
"Some people insistently try to start this country's history from 1923"
The book is titled “Genocide in the Ottoman Empire: Armenians, Assyrians, and Greeks 1913-1923”
It played a leading role in victorious encounters with the Ottoman Turkish navy helping free a string of Greek islands
Series like “Dirilis: Ertugrul” express the idea that Turkey has a unique mission as the heir of a great empire
Around 1.5 million Greeks were killed, 353.000 alone in Pontos (Northern Turkey today)