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On This Day in 1930, Constantinople Was Renamed Istanbul, Both Greek Words
Built as Byzantium around 657 BC and then renamed Constantinople in the 4th century CE after Constantine the Great made the city his capital, the city of Istanbul officially received its present name on this day in 1930.
Surprisingly, the...
Greek News
Turkish Anger as Man Unfurls Greek Flag in Hagia Sophia
A man unfurled the Greek flag inside the historic site of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul causing anger in Turkey.
Apostolos Papatheodorou, a Greek visitor, caused a stir when he proudly displayed the Greek flag and captioned his Instagram post with...
Greek News
Greece Opens Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki for Eid Muslim Prayers
The iconic Yeni Mosque in Thessaloniki, Greece, will be open for the first time in more than 100 years for Muslim prayers during Eid al-Fitr on April 10, Greek authorities announced.
The Ottoman monument was built by Italian architect Vitaliano...
Ancient Greece
The Stunning Ancient Greek Treasures of the Pontus Kingdom
Ancient Greek treasures dated from the Kingdom of Pontus, a Hellenistic state located in the northeastern part of Anatolia, will be displayed in a new museum in the city of Samsun, Turkey.
Among the antiquities is the Amisos Treasure. It...
Diplomacy
Greece and Turkey Vow to Build on Positive Momentum
Greece and Turkey reiterated their joint commitment to build on the existing positive momentum during a meeting of foreign ministry officials on Monday in Ankara.
The meeting between Greece’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou and her Turkish counterpart Burak Akcapar...
Politics
Will Turkey’s Enormous Istanbul Canal Project Move Ahead?
An ambitious "Suez Canal" project in Turkey, spearheaded by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and known as the Istanbul Canal, aims to transform the city into a global trade hub, with an estimated cost of $9.2 billion.
In 2021, the Turkish...
Archaeology
Archaeologists Discover 8,600-Year-Old Bread in Turkey
Archaeologists have discovered an 8,600-year-old loaf of bread inside a structure which resembles an oven in Catalhoyuk in south-central Turkey, a site which is renowned for being one of the earliest known regions of urban settlement in the world.
Located...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek Graves Found on Tenedos Island
Child graves dated 2,700 years ago have been unearthed from the necropolis site of the ancient Greek city of Tenedos, in modern day Bozcaada district of Çanakkale, Turkey.
The graves belong to children who seem to have died at an...
Greek news
Santa: The Ruins of the Deserted Greek Town in Pontus
The Greek town of Santa, Dumanli in Turkish, situated in Pontus, has been a ghost town suffering neglect ever since the Greeks were forced to flee their ancestral homes in the exchange of populations with Turkey in 1923.
Santa, surrounded...
Greek News
The 1,500-Year-Old Lady’s Sandals With Sweet Message in Greek
A pair of 1,500-year-old lady's sandals with a sweet message in Greek was discovered during a dig in Istanbul. The sandals have become one of the major attractions of the city's archaeological museum.
There is a message in Greek on...