vatoz you are a turk in everywhere ,
i always wanted to ask greeks this question , why do you guys have so much problems with us and hate us and ask these questions
1. how many percentage of greeks hate turks , neutreal and say we should be closer
2. in you history books what do they teach you about us , arent you grateful that we let you stay christian when we could have made you muslim with the sword if we wanted to , arent you happy you kept your language and in 400 years we could have banned your language and everything with it and nobody will know it and you would be speaking turkish know
Since you are making the most sense in here, I will respectfully answer you, I hope you will take the time to read what I will write before/if you reply.
1. Very few Greeks hate Turks. This can be attested by the high percentage of Greeks who visit Turkey regularly. Especially Istanbul (we still call it Constantinople, always) and Smyrna/Ismir.
The very few Greeks who indeed hate the Turks are the regular uninformed weak people which you can find anywhere. Pretty much your regular Gray wolves in Turkey. Only in Greece we are 7 times fewer than you, so not that many people. I guess these kind of people become Nazi's in Germany, KKK in the US etc. You can't avoid them.
To complicate things a bit further though, my personal experience is that Greeks mix much easier with western Turks than with Turks from Anatolia.
Perhaps you might have a theory for that.
2. These are some points that clearly show there is some misinformation between us.
a) 400 odd years is a long time. Some Turkish Sultans did indeed try to wipe out the Christian element in Greeks. Various means were employed. Violence or the "sword " as you call it were used.
Some other Sultans did not really care.
b)The Ottoman empire didn't really let Greeks speak Greek. It was the monks that kept the Greek language alive.
On the other hand, some Sultans let Greeks mind their own business for the most part.
This led to enough wealthy Greeks with ships and money which eventually could support the revolution against the Ottoman empire.
Actually in those days, the Greeks were the livest (and richest) part of the Ottoman empire. So much so that some Greeks were opposed to the revolution because they hoped to influence the empire from the inside using power and wealth.
I think Greek history books offer a rounded approach, but if you find what I wrote biassed feel free to.
It is common that in most discussions with fanatized Turks, the Megali Idea etc etc crops up.
It is true that the Megali Idea existed when the conditions were right. It was also abandoned when the world took another direction.
As I think a lot of Turkish ideas about Turkey in relation to the rest of the world did too.
that is my two cents ..take it as you will.
i was not talking to you; but if you want a chitchat...
Nowadays people in europe are using the same word for multiple words; for example after your economical dra(h)ma people in europe nowadays do not use some adjectives such as corrupted, cheaters, lazy, panhandler, dishonest, racist, thief, bandit etc; instead they prefer to use only one word; and i am quite sure like most readers here you know the word.
...so stop talking here, you have no credit, but shame to feel.
I actually live abroad, not in Greece. I spent my time between the US and the UK. Also travel to Sweden and Finland alot.
I never saw or felt the things you mention. Actually I was witness to a huge protest labelled "we are all Greeks!!" in the center of Paris.
How about that ?
The first step to be a better person, is to open your eyes to the truth. ..
Greeks: Best example for civilization!!!
Greeks are the First and still only example of civilization, all others are poor imitations. You best remember that.
Burning a country's flag is an honorless act whoever does this i do not consider him/her a Turk. Burning a man however, is an unhuman act and whoever does that i do not consider it a human.
I agree about the flag (and the man ofcourse) . I think it is a leftist habit to burn flags. We got plenty of communists in Greece.