Revolution of Byzantines against Ottoman tyrants - 1821

The Ottoman oppression of the Greeks sparked the war of independence. Greeks fought for Liberty, Human Rights, Independence. Their Nation was buried by Ottomans but again was reborn by its ashes like the mythic bird "Phoinix".

The Greek Empire of Byzantium ended on Tuesday May 29, 1453 when its capital, Constantinople, fell to the Turks. This day is the black day in Greek history. By the end of the 15th century, Greece was under Turkish rule. Over the next 400 years, the Greeks were slaves to the Turks, deprived of their human rights, considered as second class citizens (rayas means beast in turkish language), worked and lived only for their rulers. Harems of Pashas were full of christian girls while the body guards of Sultan (Jenitsars) were christian boys who were taken by force from their parents.
The passion for freedom is best described in the war song written by
Regas Velestinlis (Ferreos) in 1797:
"Better one hour of free live,
Than forty years of slavery and prison" .

The phrase "FREEDOM or DEATH" signified the Greeks' commitment to achieving their independence. On February 22, 1821 General Alexandros Ypsylantis, the leader of "Philiki Etaireia", along with a small army crossed the Pruth River, which marked the boarder between Russia, Bessarabia, and Moldavia. Unfortunately, he and his army were defeated by the Turks. The unofficial but actual date of the beginning of the revolution was March 23, 1821, when Petrompeis Mavromichales, Kolokotronis, Papaflessas liberated the city of Kalamata. 24 March 1821, Bishop Germanos declared Greek Revolution in Patras. Turks found refuge in the castle of the city.

As retaliation Turks massacred thousands of Greeks (Romeoi) in Constantinople, Adrianople, Smyrne, Kydonies and elsewhere in Micra Asia. On 10th Apr 1821, Patriarch Gregorios 5th was hung. In 1822, the Turkish fleet reached the Island of Chios. The Turks murdered 50000 of the inhabitants, burned their homes and property, and the rest were sold to slavebazaars.

But for 4 years Greeks had only victories and managed to throw turks out of Peloponness, Aegean sea, Rumeli and Epirus. Kolokotronis, Diakos, Androutsos, Tzavellas Papaflessas, Karaiskakis, Miaoulis, Kanaris, Nikitaras, Ypsilantis, Makrigiannis, Mpotsares, Mavromichalis, Panourgias, Petimezas, Metaxas, Zaimis, Plapoutas, Sahtouris were some of the leaders of the war against the turkish oppression.

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[fstav1]

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[00thelastottoman00]

TURKIYE IS NOT EQUAL TO OTTOMAN EMPIRE!!!

OTTOMANS WERE AN EMPIRE AND OTTOMAN SULTANS HAD MOTHERS FROM BALKAN LANDS... THEY WERE MUSLIM BUT ETHNIC ORIGINS WERE VARIOUS!!!

TURKIYE IS NATIONAL COUNTRY AND WE HAVE SINGLE NATION!

DON'T COMPARE TURKS AND OTTOMANS, WE ARE NOT SAME!

OTTOMANS MEANS SERBIA, TURKIYE, GREECE, ARMENIA, ARABIC NATIONS, NORTH AFRICA, KOSOVO, BOSNIA, ROMANIA, KIRIM-UKRAINE, CYPRUS, CROTIA, HUNGARY, ALL EAST EUROPE TILL AUSTRIA...

TURKIYE IS TURK!

[alexandersname]

eleftheria i thanatos means concentrate on money no slavery no stock market freedom or death

[JIMY45GR]

This is restoration of a right. This is a move that is a requirement of the Lausanne Treaty and one which makes our non-Muslim citizens feel like equal citizens in Turkey,” Hatemi told Today’s Zaman.

The properties include former hospital, orphanage or school buildings and cemeteries. Their return is a key European Union demand and a series of court cases has also been filed against primarily Muslim Turkey at the European Court of Human Rights.

[YUSKHAN]

Greeks and Muslim used to live and work together in sicily during 700AD

[blackcloud1404]

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