Sci-Fi History

Submitted by Kuvayi Milliye (Turkey), Aug 26, 2014 at 10:26

Did they go on vacation and this is why their communities disappeared over night?

--- The languages and cultures of the nations that formed the Ottoman empire were protected so well that in such a short time, a new Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia, Arab states were established with all of their uniqueness.

( Jean Paul Roux, French Turkologist )

--- After the Lausanne agreement was signed in 1923, a population exchange was made between Turkey and Greece. During the exchange, 1.2 million Orthodox Christians migrated to Greece from Anatolia.

--- Athens, twenty five years ago, was only an Albanian village.The Albanians formed and still form, almost the whole of the population of Attica and within three leagues of the capital, villages are to be found where Greek is hardly understood. During 1830's, the population of Athens was less than 6000. When King Otto arrived he asked, "where are the Greeks?"

( Greece of the Hellenes, Lucy M. J. Garnett )

There is nothing to respond for the rest of your post since I have already posted enough facts to support my opinions against your charicaturized version of history of lies and fairy tales and you ignored %90 of it.

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