A Bloody Odyssey
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A Bloody Odyssey
Mutual brutality based on religious differences and countless minor and major clashes on land and sea were characteristic manifestations of the bloody war between the Greeks and Turks in the 1820s—a war that led to the creation of an independent Greek state. It was also accompanied by other phenomena, such as the Greek squandering of foreign loans and civil wars among the Greeks themselves. The one-sided propaganda in Western European society, resulting from ignorance of the real situation in the eastern Mediterranean, and the military and diplomatic interference of the European great powers also played a negative role. Although 180 years have passed since the end of that war, it has not lost its historical significance and relevance. The animosity between Greeks and Turks is still alive, and today's Greek socio-economic reality, caused by wastefulness, has run like a red thread through Greek history ever since this war, which is a significant chapter in modern European history. It is reminiscent of both an ancient tragedy and an absurd drama.
PhDr. Miroslav Šedivý, Ph.D. (*1980) studied history at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and currently teaches it at the Faculty of Arts, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. His research focuses on the diplomatic, economic, military, religious, and social history of Europe and the Middle East in the first half of the 19th century. He is the co-editor of the collection 'Metternich and His Time', co-author of the monograph 'Egypt in the Time of Muhammad Ali', and the author of several dozen studies and articles in Czech, German, and English. He publishes the most significant findings of his research in British and American academic journals.
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