Smyrna

Among the most stirring chapters of the 20th century is the story of the Armenian Legion, specifically the 5th Armenian Battalion of the Greek Army, that fought against the Turks in Smyrna. Formed during the tumultuous Asia Minor Campaign (1919–1922),...

Florida doctor Mabel E. Elliott embarked on a remarkable humanitarian odyssey across war-torn Greece, Turkey, and Armenia starting in 1919. She established hospitals for Armenian orphans, treated wounded soldiers during the Greco-Turkish War, and spearheaded a vital quarantine station...

The Greek genocide and the Pontic genocide instigated by the Ottoman Empire and the Turkish national movement is a dark moment for Greece

On May 14, 1919, thousands of Greeks of Smyrna wore their best clothes and rushed to the city's seafront to get a glimpse of the Hellenic Navy. On that day, what had been for centuries the Greek metropolis in...

The "Greek Slave," represents the incredible but true story of a girl from Psara who was captured in the Greek War of Independence.

Aristotle Onassis was one of the most famous Greeks in the entire world in the 20th century, a visionary and one of the richest men

The Greek city of Klazomenai located near today's Izmir (Smyrna) was the center of ceramic production in the ancient world. Unique Ancient Greek ceramic figures along with a 2,500-year-old type of water-basin used for rituals have recently been discovered during...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Smyrna (Greek: Σμύρνη) have uncovered a rare Roman mosaic floor centered on a Solomon’s Knot motif, shedding new light on how art, belief, and urban life intersected in one of the eastern...

On December 10, 1963, Greek diplomat and poet Giorgos Seferis was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature by King Gustav of Sweden.

In today’s land of Asia Minor, cradle of ancient Greek scientific and philosophical thought, visitors still find the remnants of a great past.