The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived ...

Built as Byzantium, and then renamed Constantinople, Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.

War of Independence, Athens hosted a military parade, church services, ceremonial gun salutes, and a flag-raising at the ...

Each year on March 25, Greeks worldwide celebrate Greek Independence Day, marking the 204th anniversary of the 1821 uprising ...

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Empires / states that occupied Cyprus include Assyria, Egypt, Persia, Greek Ptolemaic Egypt, Rome, Arab caliphates, France, Venice, Mongol Ottoman Turkey, and Britain. Cypriot Greeks revolted ...

The Greek fight for independence from Ottoman rule officially began on March 25, 1821, at the monastery of Hagia Lavra in Kalavryta. There, Bishop Germanos of Paleon Patron raised the revolutionary ...

“these borders are already being violated by neo-Ottoman Turkey, which occupies part of the EU in Cyprus”. He added that Turkey “occupies territories in Syria and Iraq and has a military ...

First, it reaffirms his position as a symbolic figurehead to Muslims worldwide, something long desired by Ottoman Sultans and ... contest energy deposits off of Cyprus and Israel.

Glen Frederic Matheson, an Armenian-American lawyer whose great-grandfather served as an officer and chief architect in the Ottoman Empire, has obtained Turkish citizenship, adopting the name "Murat." ...

Flags in Texas, Massachusetts, Iowa, and South Carolina remained at half-staff this week to honor former politicians and legislators from the state who recently passed away. Among them was US ...