Posted by Nikolaos on December 19, 2000 at 02:46:04:
In Reply to: Greeks and the Ottoman Rule posted by Mike on December 18, 2000 at 11:20:31:
: Tell me why Greeks are obsessed by the Turkish Ottoman Occupation.
: I've been in Greece many times, and given a chance almost
: everybody will start lamenting about it with great
: emotion, more than 150 years after its end, sometimes uttering
: the most obvious exaggerations.
: In other countries I haven't come across this behaviour:
: Holland has been occupied by the Spanish and French,
: Spain by the Arabs, Portugal by the French and English,
: Italy by the French, Normans and Arabs, and so on.
: Many of these were probably more brutal and oppresive than
: the Ottoman Empire rule, and yet the people seem to have
: come to terms with this aspect of their history.
: Why havent't the Greeks?
We have not forgot it, because the turks from the day they appeared are murdering, terrorising, invading our land, doing Genocides and till now they have half of Cyprus after invading in 1974, killing, raping women and children and destroying Churches and Cemetaries. No we have not forgot and we never will. The Turkish race is the most barbarian and uncivillised that passed Earth.