Dimitrios

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox There is also a reputation that the Yörüks, with their traditional nomadic lifestyle, possessed a strong tradition of hospitality and social norms of mutual aid. A colleague of mine with this background constantly emphasizes this to me.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox However, through these long processes of population movements, social inequalities, religious distinctions, and political reforms, we ultimately arrived at the ethnogenesis of the region's modern people

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox I respect that, and coming as you do from a community that historically faced poverty and marginalization, you understand very well that many of the tensions of the Ottoman period were not ethnic, but social and class-based.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox The Ottomans belong firmly to the past, they were deemed obsolete and have gone down in history as a bitter memory for the people of the Balkans and beyond.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox As I told you, I do not wish to discuss current issues, they are not suited to this platform. The current context is different, and serious interlocutors ought to avoid the baggage of the past.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox There is nothing disingenuous about citing the historical facts that the Ottoman Empire was a backward and oppressive ruler of its peoples during the final three centuries of its decline.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox Also, read about the suppression of the Yoruks during the final centuries of the Ottoman Empire, it is a prime example of how the state oppressed not only other peoples but even Turkish nomadic tribes when they resisted the control of the Sultanic apparatus

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@imesiguras @serhatata5403 @TurkOrthodox The Ottoman massacres were an organized state policy.
They targeted Greeks, Armenians, Assyrians, Kurds, and any population seeking freedom from Sultanic despotism. Even Turks paid the price when they demanded reforms and rights. The violence was a decision made by the state.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox American, British, and French, sources record that the fire of 1922 broke out after the entry of the Turkish army and was accompanied by massacres of Greeks and Armenians. The fire was started by the forces that sought to eradicate the Greek and Armenian presence.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox Thessaloniki had already been liberated in 1912–1913.
The fire of 1917 was an accident, not an act of arson, this is noted not only by Greek sources but by many foreign ones as well. Examine the sources, not conspiracy theories.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox We could discuss and examine the Ottoman massacres for hours, as documented in international archives, diplomatic reports, and historical studies. However, if you are interested, you must do it yourself. The evidence exists. The question is whether you have the courage to read it

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox Many massacres occurred even before the Struggle was organized. The destruction of Ayvalık, for instance, demonstrated to the Greek revolutionaries that there was no room for compromise. It was clearly a choice between liberty and death a dilemma first imposed by the Ottomans.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@bomarongo @TurkOrthodox I don't know who you are and if you did anything against the Greeks, I'm not talking to you, I'm talking about the Ottoman tyrants who have plagued our region in recent centuries.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox I think I've been clear with my answer to this question. I don't know if you don't understand or if you're trying to put words in my mouth.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox I'm describing historical events and truths to you, while you offer me conjectures and theories that have no historical basis.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox Yes, that is exactly the building I am talking about, it was used for private purposes as shops and a cinema, and the Greek state made tremendous efforts over the course of decades to restore its use and renovate it.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@serhatata5403 @imesiguras @TurkOrthodox Revolutions against tyrannical regimes always come at a heavy price, many thousands more Greek civilians, women and children, were slaughtered by the Ottomans during that period.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@Hicer4 @TurkOrthodox At that time, those that were restored to their original use as churches were consecrated. A quick search reveals that two former mosques, originally built as mosques, were converted into Orthodox churches, and one into a Catholic church.

[Dimitrios @dhimkara]

@Hicer4 @TurkOrthodox Today, 240 mosques operate in Thrace, where the Muslim minority resides. In the rest of Greece, those dating back to the Ottoman period were primarily converted into churches, while the few originally built as mosques serve mainly as cultural monuments and museums.