«ΕΣΤΙΝ ΟΥΝ ΕΛΛΑΣ ΚΑΙ Η ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΙΑ»  By Christos Karatzios MD (Estin oun Ellas ke i Makedonia) “Macedonia, is of course a part of Greece”                         Strabo, Geography, book 7, Fragment 9 (circa 7 BC – 23 AD) With this quote, Strabo, the famous ancient Greek historian and geographer described the relation of Macedonia to the rest of Greece when he was describing the known ancient […]

Serbian celebration of victory of Serbian Army over Turks in Kumanovo Battle (1912), held at Zebrnjak memorial in Northern FYROM. Video and photographs were taken at 23-X-2011. 1) Album of the celebration with over 190 pictures, available if one is logged on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.227055544025748.59229.100001639115302&type=1&l=8665debe69 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.227055544025748.59229.100001639115302&type=1&l=8665debe69&subject=Celebrating Serbian Victory over Turks in Kumanovo Battle (1912) 2) A YouTube video (14 minutes).

Dionysios Pyrros the Thessalian, 1818 and “Methodic Geography of the whole universe,on behalf of his friends and pupils and the Hellenic genus“ “She (Hellas) is today subjugated to the despotic rule of the Turk emperor,the so-called Sultan,who descends from the interior of great Asia,which was once utterly defeated by the Macedonian Alexander the Great” “Hellas was called in older times […]

How contemporary Australian and other foreign newspapers saw the Bulgarian uprising of llinden in 1903… Accounts of the llinden Uprising in Australian newspapers of the time, invariably echo the way ihe event was perceived by the general world media. The reader will discover thai according to the reports in the newspapers, (as indeed in those of any other contemporary source), […]

When Dr. Clarke was at Salonica in 1801, Mr Charnaud, theenglish consul, estimated the population a only 53,000, of whom, 15000 were supposed to be Jews, 80000 Greeks and the rest Turks. Beaujour stats it at 60,000 including about 16,000 Greeks, 12,000 Jews, 30,000 Turks, and 2000 Franks, Tchingenais (gipsies), blacks and Mamins, “a race half Turks, half Jews”. The […]

Some interesting notes from a very early synopsis of Greece in 1824 ( including Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, and the islands): 1: The population of Greece was composed of chiefly three races: Greeks, Albanians, and Turks, with a smaller number of Vlachs, Jews, and Armenians. 2: Turks formed only about 10% of Greece (and Albania) outside Macedonia and Thessaly. 3: Albanian […]

George Musalas “Colvos” Colvocoresses (October 22, 1816 – June 3, 1872), was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded the USS Saratoga during the American Civil War. From 1838-1842, he served in the United States Exploring Expedition, better known as the Wilkes Expedition, which explored large regions of the Pacific Ocean. Three separate geographical features, two on the west coast of […]

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second city, has spent centuries being burnt, bombed and built again. Our writer brings the colourful and cultural metropolis up to date Fiachra Gibbons Clockwise from top left: Monks heading to Mount Athos, the Arch of Galerius in central Thessaloniki, and Alexander the Great’s statue on the seafront. Photographs: Alamy I want to tell you a story. You […]

In the Turkish Institute of Ottoman Studies, there is a unique document which mentions all the non-muslim Nations during Ottoman era. Naturally the pseudomacedonians are nowhere to be found!!! http://www.osmanli.org.tr/dosyaara.php?bolum=4&id=264 «Gayr-ı Müslimlerin etnik olarak dağılımı ise şöyledir; Rumlar, Yunanlılar, Bulgarlar, Pomaklar, Sırplar, Hırvatlar, Karadağlılar, Bosnalılar, Arnavutlar, Macarlar, Polonyalılar, Çingeneler, Ermeniler, Gürcüler, Süryaniler, Kildaniler, Araplar (Maruni, Melkit vs), Yahudiler, Romenler, Türkler […]

Source: The Serbian Questions in The Balkans, University of Belgrade, publisher – Faculty of Geography, Belgrade 1995. By Slavenko Terzić                       One of the burning questions in the Balkan history of the second half of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th, until the Balkan wars 1912/13, […]