The Greek discovery of Iceland more than one thousand years before the Vikings is supported by new evidence published in the December 2020 issue of The Housman Society Journal.
The overwhelming majority of Greeks believe the 1821 War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire (Revolution of 1821) was national in nature, while Theodoros Kolokotronis, the most prominent general in the uprising, was the central hero of the struggle, according to a survey conducted by polling company MARC on behalf the Center for Liberal Studies-Markos Dragoumis (KEFiM).
It is assumed that Greek life in Turkey is on its last breathe after centuries of slavery, genocide, cultural repression and a population exchange. However, as Greek City Times has already reported before, it is not dead, but rather it is beginning to flourish again.
In the final years of the Ottoman Empire, the Ottoman government under the Committee of Union and Progress (“CUP”) orchestrated massacres of its Christian minorities, resulting in ethnic cleansing that would lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands and would later inspire the Holocaust.
In a recent piece we looked into what many believe was the first contact between the ancient Greeks, or more precisely the descendants of the successors of Alexander the Great’s vast empire when they met in the battle of the “Heavenly Horses” with the Chinese.
Martha Chatziliadou is a proud Greek female pilot who is a shining example of Greece’s outstanding talent and excellence in the aviation industry. She is the first female Greek pilot in commercial aviation.
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