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    The Megali Idea (Greek: Μεγάλη Ιδέα, romanized: Megáli Idéa, lit. 'Great Idea') is a nationalist and irredentist concept that expresses the goal of reviving...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • Venizelism (category Megali Idea)
    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • lands, with Constantinople as its capital. This was called the Great Idea (Megali Idea), and it was sustained by almost continuous rebellions against Ottoman...
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    unification of Moldova and Romania. The idea is comparable to other similar conceptions such as the Greater Bulgaria, Megali Idea, Greater Yugoslavia, Greater Hungary...
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    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...
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    the "unredeemed" Greeks of the Ottoman Empire, in accordance with the Megali Idea, i.e., the goal of uniting all Greeks in one country. As a people, the...
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  • Execution groups (category Megali Idea)
    The execution groups (in Greek: Ομάδες εκτέλεσης) were a subdivision of the Ethniki Organosis Kyprion Agoniston (EOKA), the main anti-colonial organization...
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    commonwealth Byzantine studies Museums Byzantinism Cyrillic script Neo-Byzantine architecture Greek scholars in the Renaissance Third Rome Megali Idea...
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    Austrian government, as is also the case in Germany. In Greece, the Megali Idea ("Great Idea") developed shortly after the War of Independence of recreating...
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    all, with Constantinople as its capital. This was called the Great Idea (Megali Idea), and it was sustained by almost continuous rebellions against Ottoman...
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    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...
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    damage their own walls. According to David Nicolle, despite many odds, the idea that Constantinople was inevitably doomed is incorrect and the situation...
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  • Liberalism (Republicanism, Venizelism) Nationalism (Hellenocentrism, Megali Idea, Enosis) New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism, Pacifism)...
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  • 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...
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    in the northern part of the island. Republic of Cyprus Cyprus dispute Megali Idea "CYPRUS". 2006-06-15. Archived from the original on June 15, 2006. Retrieved...
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    EOKA (category Megali Idea)
    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...
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    Enosis (category Megali Idea)
    communities living outside of Greece into the Greek state. The idea is related to the Megali Idea, a concept of a Greek state that dominated Greek politics...
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    Liberalism (Republicanism, Venizelism) Nationalism (Hellenocentrism, Megali Idea, Enosis) New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism, Pacifism)...
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    irredentist concept of Megali Idea (lit. "Great Idea") during the 19th century and early 20th century. The goal of Megali Idea was the liberation of all...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Liberalism (Republicanism, Venizelism) Nationalism (Hellenocentrism, Megali Idea, Enosis) New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism, Pacifism)...
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    Liberalism (Republicanism, Venizelism) Nationalism (Hellenocentrism, Megali Idea, Enosis) New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism, Pacifism)...
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    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...
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    1950 Cypriot enosis referendum (category Megali Idea)
    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...
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