The Megali Idea (Greek: Μεγάλη Ιδέα, romanized: Megáli Idéa, lit. 'Great Idea') is a nationalist and irredentist concept that expresses the goal of reviving...

identity was heightened and a concept called the Megali Idea (Μεγάλη Ιδέα, Megáli Idéa, “Great Idea”) was developed. It exhibited pride in Greece's success...

Venizelos and ideas of Greek irredentism supporting the Megali Idea. It had a Francophile stance as the ideas of the French Revolution and the idea of one state...

they inhabit to be incorporated into the Greek state. The idea is related to the Megali Idea, a concept of a Greek state that dominated Greek politics...

led the Greek military junta of 1967–74 Megali Idea, an irredentist concept of Greek nationalism Szeged Idea, refers to the proto-fascist ideology that...

ally of the Ottoman Empire and openly opposed the construction of the Megali Idea, which could establish a Greek state that would encompass all ethnic...

unification of Moldova and Romania. The idea is comparable to other similar conceptions such as the Greater Bulgaria, Megali Idea, Greater Yugoslavia, Greater Hungary...

concessions in Western Anatolia and Thrace in an attempt to accomplish the Megali Idea, which would have united all Greek-speaking people along the Aegean Sea...

The execution groups (in Greek: Ομάδες εκτέλεσης) were a subdivision of the Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA), the main anti-colonial organization...

An unofficial referendum on enosis (reunification) with Greece was held in British Cyprus between 15 and 22 January 1950. The vote was not sanctioned by...

all, with Constantinople as its capital. This was called the Great Idea (Megali Idea), and it was sustained by almost continuous rebellions against Ottoman...

Allies were more open to making promises to Greece about fulfilling the Megali Idea. However, the Allies still wanted to keep Bulgaria neutral, and through...

lands, with Constantinople as its capital. This was called the Great Idea (Megali Idea), and it was sustained by almost continuous rebellions against Ottoman...

shortly prior to, and during World War I, when the Greeks, inspired by the Megali Idea, managed to liberate parts of Greece in the Balkan Wars and after World...

British administration would lead to enosis. The idea of enosis was historically part of the Megali Idea, a greater political ambition of a Greek state...

Cypriots advocated for Enosis (Union with Greece) which was a part of the Megali idea. The origins of Enosis date back to 1821, the year when the Greek War...

Liberalism (Republicanism, Venizelism) Nationalism (Hellenocentrism, Megali Idea, Enosis) New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism, Pacifism)...

symbolic significance, especially in the irredentist context of the Megali Idea, were often, although never officially, numbered in direct succession...

in Smyrna was part of Eleftherios Venizelos's plan, inspired by the Megali Idea, to liberate the large Greek populations in the Asia Minor. Prior to...

ended when Turkish forces entered Smyrna (İzmir) on September 9, 1922. Megali Idea Occupation of Smyrna Hasan Tahsin Outline and timeline of the Greek genocide...

Greek-inhabited territories into the historical national state of Greece. Greek War of Independence Megali Idea Enosis Northern Epirus Republic of Pontus...

with conceiving the Byzantine restorationist and irredentist Megali Idea or "Great Idea" which became the core of Greek foreign policy until the early...

nationalism during the formation of the Greek state and in the age of the new "Megali Idea" was widened and intensified. Kostis Palamas, among the greatest of Greek...

this period. Some of them were new settlements, others were renamed. Megali Idea "Российские города с греческими именами" Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback...

that were under Ottoman possession as composing the Great Idea (Greek: Μεγάλη Ιδέα, Megáli Idéa) which meant the reconstruction of the classical Greek world...

commonwealth Byzantine studies Museums Byzantinism Cyrillic script Neo-Byzantine architecture Greek scholars in the Renaissance Third Rome Megali Idea...

Modernization Greek Constitution of 1911 Balkan League Civic nationalism Megali Idea Secularism Anti-communism (Idionymon) Events Cretan State Theriso revolt...

v t e Greek nationalism Ideology Modern Greek Enlightenment Megali Idea Hellenization Grecoman Venizelism Metaxism Enosis Greek Cypriot nationalism Organizations...

commonwealth Byzantine studies Museums Byzantinism Cyrillic script Neo-Byzantine architecture Greek scholars in the Renaissance Third Rome Megali Idea...

visions of a future state included all Balkan Orthodox Christians. This Megali Idea intended to revive the Eastern Roman Empire through a large Greek state...