Η ανάπτυξη της εγχώριας πολεμικής βιομηχανίας αποτελεί στρατηγική αναγκαιότητα για την Ελλάδα

Η γείτων χώρα Τουρκία θα αγοράσει πυραύλους αέρος – αέρος Meteor. Η συναλλαγή ουσιαστικά ακυρώνει τα πλεονεκτήματα που απέκτησε η

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“Συζητούμεν δηλαδή επί ανυπάρκτων υποθέσεων.”

Την 1η Ιανουαρίου 1959 ο τότε Υπουργός Εξωτερικών της Ελλάδος Ευάγγελος Αβέρωφ έγραψε μια επιστολή – απάντηση στον τότε Πρέσβη

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Two women on a bench

Izmir, Turkey. Early morning, late October 2012. The city is dressed in national pride. The imposing figure of Kemal Ataturk,

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6th – 7th September 1955, Istanbul: Pogrom against the Greeks

This post was first published on the 9th September 2010. In their 7th September 1956 edition, the New York Times

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Το σπίτι της γιαγιάς του Γιώργου Σεφέρη στη Σκάλα, κοντά στη Σμύρνη – George Seferis Grandmother’s House in Iskele, near Izmir, Turkey

Edited on the 4th November 2024. First published on the 24th May 2020. Ο Γιώργος Σεφέρης όταν ήταν παιδί πέρναγε

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Smyrna, September 1922: When Paradise turned into Hell

Introduction The Smyrna 1922 burning and butchery is a tragedy. Tragedies cannot be described adequately. But the statements of eyewitnesses

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Ozdemir Bayraktar, founder and owner of Bayraktar Makina

TB2: a UCAV changing modern warfare?

Introduction In 2009, James Jeffrey, then the US ambassador in Turkey, wrote in a diplomatic cable: “Turkey is prepared to

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Evening in the park, Iskele, near Izmir, Turkey

I visited Iskerle back in October 2012. It is a small town by the sea, a few kilometers southwest of

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Faustina Gate, Agora, Izmir, Turkey

This is a photo I took back in October 2012 when I visited Izmir.   Agora means meeting place, city

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Fragment of a fishing boat in Iskele, Turkey

This is a fragment of a fishing boat photo I took back in October 2012 in Iskele, Turkey.

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