In the second year of the #GreekRevolution, British admiral Hamilton suggested to the de facto leader of the #Greeks, Theodore #Kolokotronis, that the time had come to negotiate with the #Ottomans, with Britain as the mediator. Kolokotronis responded: #theHELC #25March1821 🧵1/6
We live in interesting times and the history and future of #Cyprus 🇨🇾 have never been more relevant. Join #theHELC @Bruneluni London on 22 March 2023 in conversation with his Excellence, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Cyprus in the #UK http://tinyurl.com/z48yp49p
‘There is neither Greek nor Jew’. Today #WeRemember and honour the six million innocent Jewish victims of the #Holocaust. And on #HolocaustRemembranceDay we recall the story of Archbishop #Damaskinos of Athens, one of the 300 Greek Righteous Among the Nations. A 🧵from #theHELC
There was uproar in #France when the city of #Strasbourg agreed to pay €2.5m towards the construction of a new #mosque by a radical #Turkish #Islamist organization in 2021. But who is #MilliGorus and what are their aims? A thread by #theHELC 1/10
What was this ‘liberation’ celebrated by the modern #Turkish state? In reality, the culmination of a #genocidal push that destroyed one of the most celebrated cities of #AsiaMinor, where the Turks were but a minority. A thread on the #SmyrnaCatastrophe of 1922 by #theHELC 1/12 https://t.co/2WNPI
Germany’s strategic blunders in its relationship with #Russia are currently hurting all of Europe. We take a look at the parallel relationship between #Germany and #Turkey and the real risks this poses for the West. A thread by #theHELC #NoSubsForTurkey 1/17
The drill ship #AbdulHamidHan, #Erdogan’s latest vanity project in a country where 15 million people suffer from hunger, was launched yesterday. But who was #AbdulHamid after whom the vessel was named? A thread on the #BloodySultan and the #HamidianMassacres by #theHELC 1/12
Turkey's leaders are taking a break from enabling #Russia against #NATO and ethnic cleansing Syria’s #Kurds to launch absurd claims and empty threats against Greek islands. We take a look at the painful history of Turkish rule on one of them: a thread on #Chios from #theHELC 1/10
It was a great honour to host @AnnaAsimakopoul as part of our Young Leaders Programme #YLP2022. Great empathy and insights, combined with a truly informed global outlook. We are very grateful #AnnaMichelleMEP #theHELC x.com/AnnaAsimakopoul/status/1...
Those who, against the plans of their tormentors, managed to survive the journey without food, water, or rest were either worked to death or simply executed by their #Ottoman guards. #theHELC 9/19
Today, we commemorate the genocide of several hundred thousand #Greeks of the Black Sea and Asia Minor perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (the Three Pashas) and the Turkish national movement (Mustafa Kemal) between 1913 and 1922 #PontianGenocide #19May. A thread by #theHELC
The conversion of #Hagia Sophia into a mosque by Turkey in 2020 was not an isolated event, as some may think. A series of other #Christian churches that had the bad luck to carry the same name suffered the same fate in the past. A thread on the other Hagia Sophias … #theHELC
Greeks have lived without interruption in the north Black Sea for 2,600 years. They have been explorers, traders, soldiers, scholars and politicians, lending their flair to the many polities and empires that dominated the region. A thread on #Mariupol & #NorthSeaGreeks #theHELC
#Massalia sided with the Roman Republic against Carthage during the Second Punic War (218–201 BC) and so managed to retain its independence and commercial empire even as #Rome expanded into Western Europe and North Africa. #theHELC
Soon after its foundation, #Massalia became the greatest Greek polis in southern Gaul. It grew into a major trading post in the Western Mediterranean and founded its own colonies, including Antipolis (Antibes) and Nikaia (Nice) on the French Riviera. #theHELC
The port city of #Marseille on the French Mediterranean coast, home to almost 1 million people. It must have looked very different on that morning of c.600BC when Greek settlers from Phocaea arrived in its bay looking for a place to found their new city. A thread #theHELC #Med
In modern times, the name of #Kastellorizo was back in the news thanks to the 1991 Oscar-winning production “Mediterraneo”, directed by Gabriele #Salvatores, which was shot on the island. #theHELC
The island was finally returned to its legitimate owner and #WWII winner, Greece, by the Paris Peace Treaties in 1947, together with the rest of the #Dodecanese islands. #Kastellorizo #theHELC
The complex of Kastellorizo, also known as Megisti, contains the Easternmost Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. This small island is a niche tourist destination with a surprising 1,500+ years of history and culture. A thread on beautiful #Kastellorizo… #theHELC
Greek-owned merchant fleets, the largest in the world and accounting for approximately 50% of all #EU capacity, continue to offer #UK exporters and importers seamless trade to every corner of the world. #theHELC
Alongside the political and diplomatic ties, deep trade and cultural relationships have also flourished between the two countries, fuelled by the shared values of democracy, reason and personal freedom, as well as an admiration for entrepreneurship and trade pioneers. #theHELC
The #MiniCooper and #MorrisMinor: two icons of British engineering designed by a Greek from Smyrna, Sir Alec #Issigonis. Just a small part of the rich tapestry of Greek – British relationships running through the centuries. A thread on 🇬🇷- 🇬🇧 from #theHELC ...
NSA delivers vital tactical support, amongst others, to #EUCOM, #CENTCOM and #AFRICOM. Besides Souda Naval Station, only two other NATO harbours can host supercarriers: the Norfolk Naval Station in the #UK and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in the US. #theHELC
Protecting Europe’s frontiers with state-of-the-art European technology. A thread on French warplanes in the Hellenic Air Force… #theHELC #France #Rafale #Mirage #HAF
Un nouveau chapitre pour la solidarité européenne de défense. #Belhara #theHELC https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1442780087565312005
A new chapter for European defence cooperation. #Belhara #theHELC https://x.com/GreeceMFA/status/1442769365611565059
Καινούργιο κεφάλαιο στην κοινή ευρωπαϊκή αμυντική πολιτική. #Belharra #theHELC x.com/PrimeministerGR/status/1...
