IOANNIS KOLETTIS

This quotation is very important because it is the essence if the seemingly eternal conflict between Greece and Turkey. Constantinople is the old name for Istanbul which the Muslims took from the Christians in the 15th century. Most Greeks are taught to want to get the city back as well as Anatolia and most of what is modern Turkey. Ioannis Kolettis was one of the first Greek leaders who made the quest for retaking Constantinople a national holy mission. Of course, this could not happen without the demise of Turkey as a nation. As a result, the Turks have made sure the Greeks would never get any territory—See {639517}.

This quotation is very important because it is the essence if the seemingly eternal conflict between Greece and Turkey. Constantinople is the old name for Istanbul which the Muslims took from the Christians in the 15th century. Most Greeks are taught to want to get the city back as well as Anatolia and most of what is modern Turkey. Ioannis Kolettis was one of the first Greek leaders who made the quest for retaking Constantinople a national holy mission. Of course, this could not happen without the demise of Turkey as a nation. As a result, the Turks have made sure the Greeks would never get any territory—See {639517}.