AN EXAMPLE OF MEGALI IDEA: CRETE
Journal Title: Journal of the Human and Social Science Researches - Year 2012, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
After Greece was founded with Edirne Treaty in 1829 and 1830 London Protocol the Roum started to disturb Roums especially in islands in Otoman Empire to found Great Greece and to expand their lands. It wasn’t different in Crete island. Revolts in Crete started with the revolts in Mora and other islands and continued with violence. İn Crete, the Roums wanted to consolidate their position by obtaining a large number of property. However, never protected the rights of Muslims. The Otoman Empire failed to understand the seriousness of the problem and didn’t receive the necessary measure. Roums, affected by the European Countries, made Crete first Meditearian problem and then an international problem. According to the balance of interest has shaped the Crete policies of European States. Also European presss closely followed the events in Crete. Especially after Halepa Treaty in 1878 Roum increased the propaganda of being Greek and they torment Muslims and forced the Muslims to emigrate from the island and they increased the population of the Roum. Crete got otonomy with the help of European States in 1897 after it was left to Greece in 14th of December in 1913. By accepting the status of the Otoman Empire opened the way fort he dream of Great Greece.
Authors and Affiliations
Serap TOPRAK*| Yrd. Doç. Dr. Bitlis Eren Üniversitesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Siyasi Tarih Anabilim Dalı, soprak@mynet.com
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP2414
- DOI -
- Views 588
- Downloads 35
The Assessment of Architecture and Art Style in The Period of Akkoyunlu and Karakoyunlu States
Akkoyunlu and Karakoyunlu states were two ruler Turkmen states of the Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia in 14th and 15th century including territories of today’s Iran. These two states had revealed variety of high qualit...
About the History of the Azerbaijani-Georgian Relations (1920 - 1921)
This article attempts to analyze some aspects of the political relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia in the context of the Sovietization of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. In this case the attention is focused on the...
On the Actual and Universal Value of a Hadith Related to the Common Areas of Grass, Water and Fire
Water, grass and fire are common values and heritage of humanity even belonging to the whole living beings. However, it does not mean we could exploit them as we wish. As these values are used in the way of unlimited and...
The Jews of Izmir From Past to Present: Settlement, Institutional Process and Current Status
History of the Jews in Izmir and around is based on BC. In the early years of milestone, St. Paul, in the effort to spread Christianity, has aimed Jews around Izmir to Christianize and established seven churches in this...
A VALUE AT THE FOCUS OF VALUE EDUCATION: THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
In fact, the concept of value isn‟t a new concept. Despite it had been existing during the history, it has came up again and became very popular today, because of the cruel practices of century in which we live. People o...