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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Commemorating Thessaloniki’s Liberation from the Ottomans

It was October 26, 1912 when freedom bells rang in Thessaloniki, as the Greek army liberated the city from Ottoman rule. The city was freed only 20 days after the declaration of the First Balkan War. At the start of the 20th century, the Balkan region was a powder keg ready to explode. The nationalist […] Read the full story on GreekReporter.com.


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