@stendhalist There’s something similar, but on a much, much smaller scale.
What’s it like in Egypt? It’s actually a place I’m really interested in and would love to visit, but I guess it gets pretty chaotic when so many people are packed into such a small area.
@blaziken88@stendhalist Between 1877 and 1922, we lost half our population. Anatolia was being devastated by poverty and disease. You lost even at our worst your entire presence in Anatolia. And despite everything, here we are today.
@blaziken88@stendhalist Cheap excuses. Despite 200 years of massive European support, you still haven’t achieved much. We, were close to disappearing in 1922 and barely had shoes on our feet, yet we managed to build ourselves up without ever falling under the rule of another power.
@blaziken88@stendhalist Europe was promised to me by Sultan Mehmed and Suleiman the Magnificent. Besides, out of 19 million Greeks, only 10 million live in Greece, meaning that around 50% of your nation does not live in its own country. Among Turks, that figure is only around 6–8%.
@blaziken88@stendhalist You are practically within spitting distance. Even if you build the most sophisticated defense systems, you still wouldn’t be able to protect that many islands during a full-scale attack. Israel knows this too, but they can keep exploiting a useful client until the very last day.
@stendhalist@blaziken88 I mean, if Germans had an inflated sense of themselves, at least it would be justified. But these Greeks are little more than fetish objects for white Europeans. They really shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
@blaziken88@stendhalist They liberated their country, and by reducing the number of white people in France, they are taking a kind of revenge. And you? Christianity in Anatolia and 3,000 years of Hellenism are gone forever.