New Horizons of Political Possibility: Greek Political Imagination after the Russo-Ottoman War of 1768–1774 (original) (raw)

Diplomacy and Foreign Relations during the Greek War of Independence 1821 - 1830

2021

This essay aims to present the historical background and timeline of one of Europe’s most vital revolutions, the Greek War of Independence, as well as focusing on foreign relations and further diplomatic practices that took place between Europe’s most powerful states. Primarily, the shifting of opinions between the Great Powers that resulted in conflicts, led interests and military backing all played a vital part in this ordeal. Moreover, this essay will showcase how public opinion and later diplomacy affected the actions of said powers and helped orchestrate the results leading to the creation of an autonomous and independent Greek State. I just wish to note that the timing of the topic of this essay is quite meaningful and symbolic for my person, as this year (2021) marks the 200 years of the beginning of the Greek Revolution, therefore I hope this work serves as a small benchmark for further study of this significant event of the 19th century.

The decade prior to the Greek Revolution; a Black Hole in Ottoman History

The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776-1848), Reappraisals and Comparisons , 2021

The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776-1848) brings together twenty-one scholars and a host of original ideas, revisionist arguments, and new information to mark the bicentennial of the Greek Revolution of 1821. The purpose of this volume is to demonstrate the significance of the Greek liberation struggle to international history, and to highlight how it was a turning point that signalled the revival of revolution in Europe after the defeat of the French Revolution in 1815. It argues that the sacrifices of rebellious Greeks paved the way for other resistance movements in European politics, culminating in the 'spring of European peoples' in 1848. Richly researched and innovative in approach, this volume also considers the diplomatic and transnational aspects of the insurrection, and examines hitherto unexplored dimensions of revolutionary change in the Greek world. This book will appeal to scholars and students of the Age of Revolution, as well as those interested in comparative and transnational history, political theory and constitutional law.

The RussoOttoman War (1877 – 1878) in Greek Historiography

This article is a review of the Greek Historiography on the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877 – 1878. The general perception was that of a traumatic conflict very much related to the formation of a ‘Greater Bulgaria’. In the first decades following the Russo-Ottoman War the historiographical trend was shaped by former fighters and politicians trying to justify their position through history. It was only in the last years when some scholarly works critically evaluated the events and the Greek policy towards them.

OTTOMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE GREEK NATIONALISM

OTTOMAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE GREEK NATIONALISM, BALKAN WORLDS IV, 2019

Slavic and Oriental Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki , November 29th – December 1st, 2018 Keynote Speaker: John Breuilly (LSE), ‘The rise and fall of pan-nationalisms, c.1870-1950’ This paper is an investigation of the Ottoman perceptions and reactions to 1821 and the concept of Greek irredentism. I will try to investigate how the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud B', the central state elite and the intelligentsia, experienced the Greek War of Independence and the "making" of the modern Greek state. The Ottoman reactions have been overlooked or interpreted with simplifications by historians. Therefore, we have to examine the contemporary Ottoman sources and the terminology in order to understand the Ottoman perceptions. My survey is based on the archival material compiled by the Ottoman statesmen and the contemporary history accounts. The Ottomans intercepted and translated correspondence from the Greek leadership, including a very important letter addressed to all the Helenes to rise and liberate the motherland 1. A survey on the Ottoman Archives, revealed that the Ottomans translated the Temporary Constitution of Greece, (1 January 1822) 2. Through the translation of these letters, terms such as republic (cumhuriyet) freedom (serbestiyet), motherland (vatan), compatriot (hemvatan), national assembly (cumhur müşaveresi) entered to Ottoman terminology for the first time. The Ottomans and the Sultan himself neglected all the declarations and the national aspirations of the Greeks and perceived the revolt as a conspiracy (fesad), provocation (fitne), betrayal (ihanet) and sedition (isyan) 3 carried out by the "ungrateful reayas". Why did the Ottomans insisted on interpreting the Greek independence movement as a simple sedition? The ideas of the Enlightenment and the French Revolution had reached the Ottoman world through different channels of transmission, such as the sizeable European community in Istanbul and the Ottoman ambassadors in 1 Ilıcak, Huseyin