komnenos
03-25-2013, 12:11
Today , 25th March is Greece independence day. I congratulate this day to all of Greeks who live around the world. I wish more succession for my grand country,Greece.
This Revolution was a successful war against Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1832.
When The Great Byzantine Empire fell down in 1453 by the Turks. Greece and Asia minor came under ottoman rule. The Greeks especially followers of Palaiologos dynasty tried to destroy the Turk's Sultanate but they couldn't achieve success.
But in 1814 Greeks founded a secret organization called Filiki Eteria in order to liberate Greece. This organization provoked revolts in Peloponnese, Constantinople, and Danubian Principalities. For example in 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities as the first revolt they fought with Turks however Turks put down them. But this urged Greeks into action. By October the Greeks had captured Tripolitsa by lead of Theodoros Kolokotronis. And this revolt followed by revolts in Crete, Macedonia, and Central Greece, which would be soon suppressed. Also Greek navy achieve success against the Ottoman navy in the Aegean sea and prevented Ottoman reinforcements from arriving by the sea.
In this time Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt who agreed to send Ibrahim Pasha, his son to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt. Unfortunately by the end of 1825 most of the Peloponnese was under Egyptian control and Ibrahim retook Athens.
In this terrible situation three Great powers decided to intervene in the conflict and they sent a navy to Greece. The allied fleet intercepted the Ottoman-Egyptian fleets at Navarino. Following a week long standoff, a battle began which resulted in the destruction of the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet. With the help of a French Expeditionary force , the Greeks drove the Turks out of the Peloponnese and proceeded to the captured part of Central Greece by 1828. As a result of years of negotiation, Greece was finally recognized as an independent nation in May 1832.
This Revolution was a successful war against Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1832.
When The Great Byzantine Empire fell down in 1453 by the Turks. Greece and Asia minor came under ottoman rule. The Greeks especially followers of Palaiologos dynasty tried to destroy the Turk's Sultanate but they couldn't achieve success.
But in 1814 Greeks founded a secret organization called Filiki Eteria in order to liberate Greece. This organization provoked revolts in Peloponnese, Constantinople, and Danubian Principalities. For example in 6 March 1821 in the Danubian Principalities as the first revolt they fought with Turks however Turks put down them. But this urged Greeks into action. By October the Greeks had captured Tripolitsa by lead of Theodoros Kolokotronis. And this revolt followed by revolts in Crete, Macedonia, and Central Greece, which would be soon suppressed. Also Greek navy achieve success against the Ottoman navy in the Aegean sea and prevented Ottoman reinforcements from arriving by the sea.
In this time Ottoman Sultan negotiated with Mehmet Ali of Egypt who agreed to send Ibrahim Pasha, his son to Greece with an army to suppress the revolt. Unfortunately by the end of 1825 most of the Peloponnese was under Egyptian control and Ibrahim retook Athens.
In this terrible situation three Great powers decided to intervene in the conflict and they sent a navy to Greece. The allied fleet intercepted the Ottoman-Egyptian fleets at Navarino. Following a week long standoff, a battle began which resulted in the destruction of the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet. With the help of a French Expeditionary force , the Greeks drove the Turks out of the Peloponnese and proceeded to the captured part of Central Greece by 1828. As a result of years of negotiation, Greece was finally recognized as an independent nation in May 1832.