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Orient Complicated
We will remember the “complicated Orient,” a famous phrase by Charles de Gaulle, whose subject was not, from the outset, the Orient itself, but rather how the general conceived his strategic approach at the time.
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Courtesans in Dubai
Greek spring already, mild weather, it would seem that all is well in the land of Hermes Psychopomp. And yet.
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Consanguines and Affines in War
A look back at history in this turbulent time. August-September 1922. 103 years ago, the Greco-Turkish War in Asia Minor ended. It was, in a sense, an inaugural one for both countries. The new Greece… and thus the new Türkiye.
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The Other Great War
In Greece and the Balkans, the memory of the Great War is first and foremost synonymous with its essentially Macedonian front, when it is not erased by the memory of later conflicts… or future ones, depending on your point of view.
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Interview with Come Don Chisciotte
Greece 2024: the Hubris of our times resides here. Franco Ferrè interview with Panagiótis Grigoríou on January 31, 2024, for the ComeDonChisciotte.org portal. You can consult this article in Italian on our site, or on the ComeDonChisciotte website.
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August 1922. The Great Disaster
August is a month heavy with significance for Greek historical memory. In 1922, the country experienced what was, up to that point, its greatest catastrophe: the Greek defeat in Asia Minor and the recapture of Smyrna by the Turkish army under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk—an event referred to in Turkish historiography as the “Great Offensive.” The Greek population of Asia Minor, which had been established there for centuries—dating back to antiquity—was first subjected to widespread massacres by the Turks; subsequently, the survivors were expelled to Greece, following a mandatory population exchange and the treaty signed between Greece and Turkey in Lausanne in 1923.