Ottomans

The Delphi region -- home to some of Greece's most outstanding archeological sites -- will play host to a new movie about the country's 19th-century independence struggle. Director Vasilis Tsikaras' new movie Siege is to begin shooting in Amfissa in April...

105 years since the liberation of Chios from the Ottomans the people of the island are taking part in ceremonies to mark the occasion. The celebrations culminated on Saturday with a parade in the centre of the capital city. Leading the...

During the Ottoman rule in Greece, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Parthenon was converted to a mosque, and the Erechtheion functioned as a harem. In 1683, the Ottoman Empire was advancing in Europe trying to conquer as...