Athens Tells Ankara ‘History Cannot Be Rewritten’ over Tripoli Anniversary
- Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry commemorated Muslim Turkish civilians killed during the 1821 Tripolitsa massacre, marking its 205th anniversary.
- The ministry said Muslim Turks in the Peloponnese were systematically killed and that religious and cultural sites were destroyed between 1821 and 1830.
- Greek diplomatic sources accused Türkiye of “systematic distortion of history” and said selective historical claims cannot change past events.
- Greek sources said history should not be used as a foreign-policy tool.
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Athens tells Ankara ‘history cannot be rewritten’ over Tripoli anniversary
Greek diplomatic sources accused Turkey on Wednesday of “systematic distortion of history,” after the Turkish foreign ministry marked the anniversary of the siege of Tripolitsa with a social media post describing “systematic massacres” of the Muslim population of the Peloponnese between 1821 and 1830. The Turkish ministry’s post came on the 205th anniversary of the […]
As diplomatic sources emphasize, the Turkish Foreign Ministry's statement on the Fall of Tripoli does not contribute to creating a climate of mutual trust. The post "History survives propaganda" - The response of diplomatic sources to the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the Fall of Tripoli appeared first on in.gr.
Diplomatic sources at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs speak of the distortion and instrumentalization of History, responding to a post by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the fall of Tripoli. According to what is stated, “the systematic distortion and instrumentalization of History and the selective invocation of historical memory do not change historical events. This is precisely the practice served by today’s post by the Turki…
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