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  • Constantinople Greeks: The Cosmopolitans of the Byzantine Empire’s Capital
  • Easter chicken soup from the Greeks of Istanbul
  • ‘My name was Erkan. I became Savvas’

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greekreporter.com /1 month ago

Constantinople Greeks: The Cosmopolitans of the Byzantine Empire’s Capital

Most people are aware of the song “Istanbul was Constantinople” and perhaps no better than the Greeks of Istanbul themselves.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Easter chicken soup from the Greeks of Istanbul

The Greeks of Istanbul do not typically use egg-lemon sauce (avgolemono) in their Easter soup, which is in fact a chicken soup. Instead, it is based on a roux, a mixture of butter...

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

‘My name was Erkan. I became Savvas’

The Greek diaspora call them “neophytes.” They are not just one or two – they are dozens, and in recent years their numbers have been increasing.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Greece and the Christians of the Middle East

Greece – and Cyprus – are the Western countries closest to the Middle East. Having traditional ties, as well as trade relations, with most of the states in the region, Athens is co...

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Two Greeks remanded after flag incident inside Hagia Sophia

Two Greek tourists – a man and a woman – have been remanded in custody in Istanbul after allegedly unfurling a Greek flag inside Hagia Sophia and recording the act on video, accord...

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Athens rejects Turkish complaints on Thrace minority

Greece on Thursday rejected complaints by neighboring Turkey over the religious rights of the Greek Muslim population in Thrace.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Turkish tourists are spreading

Turkish travelers to Grewece topped 2.25 million last year, a sharp increase on an annual basis.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Turkish tourists are spreading

Turkish travelers to Grewece topped 2.25 million last year, a sharp increase on an annual basis.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

The tourists experience Greek Easter

It was midday on Good Friday on Areos Street in downtown Athens’ historic Monastiraki district, and some 2,000 worshippers – Greek and foreign – waited patiently in line.

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ekathimerini.com /1 week ago

Why the Ecumenical Patriarchate must remain in Constantinople

When Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew told Bob Simon of 60 Minutes in 2009 that he feels “crucified” in Turkey, he was not merely expressing personal anguish; he was articulating a...

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en.protothema.gr /1 month ago

Prayers and Greek flags at Hagia Sophia: Symbolic actions by Greeks, arrests, and political reactions (photos)

Incidents of tension are escalating at the global symbol of Orthodoxy, with Greeks who raised a Greek flag inside the church now in prison The post Prayers and Greek flags at Hagia...

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ekathimerini.com /2 weeks ago

Greek fans bring it to Vienna

Greek Eurovision buffs hold up their country’s flag in downtown Vienna, as the Austrian capital welcomes thousands of fans from around the world for the Eurovision Song Contest fin...

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greekreporter.com /2 weeks ago

When the Greeks of Smyrna Welcomed the Hellenic Fleet in Asia Minor

On May 14, 1919, thousands of Greeks of Smyrna wore their best clothes and rushed to the city’s seafront to get a glimpse of the Hellenic Navy. On that day, what had been for centu...

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Iranians have long sought work and relative stability in Turkey. The war could force some to return

Sadri Haghshenas spends her days selling borek – a layered, savory pastry – at a shop in Istanbul, but her mind is on her daughter in Tehran.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Lamb ‘kapamas’

This Easter soup recipe comes from the Greeks of Istanbul and is nothing less than an ode to spring. Served on the night of Holy Saturday, it is cooked on a stovetop for several ho...

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en.protothema.gr /1 month ago

Greek Foreign Ministry to Turkey: The Treaty of Lausanne admits no interpretations; the Muslim minority of Thrace is rel...

“No provision exists for the election of Muftis by the Minority, nor could this happen given that they are also entrusted with judicial and administrative responsibilities,” Athens...

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Should I sell Finansbank to the Greeks?

One does not need to be an expert in diplomacy to understand the benefits of the so-called “positive agenda” in Greek-Turkish relations. 

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ekathimerini.com /1 day ago

ECHR rules against Turkey in religious freedom case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled this week that Turkey violated freedom of religion in a case involving two Greek Orthodox clergymen barred from running for leadersh...

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ekathimerini.com /1 week ago

Greek tourists get suspended sentences in Turkey over Hagia Sophia flag incident

A Turkish court in Istanbul has sentenced two Greek tourists to 10-month prison terms, suspended for five years, after they unfurled a Greek War of Independence-era flag inside Hag...

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

The last Christians of Iraq: Between exile and return

“Hezbollah or Allah?” – “God or his party?”– someone from Dilan Adamat’s group joked as a violent storm broke over a place where rain is rare.

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ekathimerini.com /1 month ago

Stories from a Thessaloniki basement

The Italian Cultural Institute has been sold to a supermarket chain, but beneath its floors, the city’s Italian-Jewish history survives.

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ekathimerini.com /1 day ago

Get over fall of Constantinople, says Erdogan

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has marked the 573rd anniversary of the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople by criticizing those who, he said, still harbor resentment over th...

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ekathimerini.com /3 weeks ago

Ktistakis: Loukoumades with more than a century of history

From Alexandria to Hania and on to Omonia, the Ktistakis family’s syrup-filled loukoumades have sweetened Athens for generations.

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naftemporiki.gr /1 month ago

Μαρτυρία Νικόλαου Μπαλκίδη: Πριν μπούνε στα πράματα οι Νεότουρκοι, όλο αγαθοσύνη ήτανε ο Τούρκος μαζί μας

Ο Νικόλαος Μπαλκίδης γεννήθηκε στον οικισμό Μισαηλάντων, ο οποίος ήταν χτισμένος σε πλαγιά, σε υψόμετρο περίπου 450μ στην κοιλάδα του Καλιάντερε, και βρισκόταν 21 χλμ νότια της Τρα...

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greekreporter.com

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