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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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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Enosis (category Megali Idea)
of the regions that they inhabit into the Greek state. The idea is related to the Megali Idea, an irredentist concept of a Greek state that dominated Greek...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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symbolic significance, especially in the irredentist context of the Megali Idea, were often, although never officially, numbered in direct succession...
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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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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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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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Greek landing at Smyrna (category Megali Idea)
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...
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Ioannis Kolettis (category Megali Idea)
with conceiving the Byzantine restorationist and irredentist Megali Idea or "Great Idea" which became the core of Greek foreign policy until the early...
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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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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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Venizelos–Tittoni agreement (category Megali Idea)
Modernization Greek Constitution of 1911 Balkan League Civic nationalism Megali Idea Secularism Anti-communism (Idionymon) Events Cretan State Theriso revolt...
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Greece attempted to conquer Western Turkey, in their accordance to the Megali Idea, and both the Greeks and Turks caused atrocities on each other. Greeks...
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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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Liberalism (Republicanism, Venizelism) Nationalism (Hellenocentrism, Megali Idea, Enosis) New Social Movements (Environmentalism, Feminism, Pacifism)...
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Greece in the Balkan Wars (category Megali Idea)
the drive to liberate their "unredeemed" brethren became known as the Megali Idea, first articulated by the Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Kolettis before...
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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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Greater Romania Hungarian irredentism Indian nationalism Irredentism Megali Idea Neo-nationalism Pan-Africanism Pan-Americanism Pan-Arabism Pan-Asianism...
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discussed. The Greek government, pursuing Venizelos' support for the Megali Idea (to bring areas with a majority Greek population or with historical or...
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