The Greek Borders

How did we build our national identity and manage to found an independent Greek state? From the decline of the Ottoman Empire to the decisive involvement of the Great Forces, watch...

Venetian, French and British rulers passed from the Ionian Islands; but never Ottoman ones. This is why their socio-economic development has been a lot different than that of the r...

Neighboring to the Greek state, Thessaly was a constant 'headache' for the Sultan, who meted out cruel punishments to the locals each time they rose against him. Discover the adven...

Once the territorial dispute over Epirus emerged, the common heritage of Greeks and Albanians was forgotten. And so, in the early 20th century, under the pressure of the Great Forc...

From the Frankish rule period to the Ottoman one, follow Crete’s long and bloody course towards its unification with Greece, and discover the role of the Great Forces as well as th...

Extremely important from a geopolitical point of view and claimed by all neighboring Balkan nations, Macedonia’s annexation was a major priority for Greece. Watch how the Greek sta...

Following Greece’s involvement in the 1st Balkan War and a great diplomatic battle given by Venizelos, the islands of North-Eastern Aegean became part of the Greek state in 1923. D...

The Greek struggle to claim Western Thrace began at the same time with the one for Macedonia. However, the area was initially granted to the Bulgarians and became part of the Greek...

After a long period of Frankish rule, the Dodecanese passed into Ottoman hands and then into Italian ones. It was only in 1947, after Italy’s defeat in the Second World War, that t...