🔴 Merkel commented on Erdogan's visit to Occupied Cyprus, said that there was "regression" by Erdogan's part but she also sees progress
>https://archive.is/QHt4X
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🔸 "We have always argued that the channels of communication should be left open and in the Greek-Turkish relations we have already achieved some smaller steps (progress). These steps are now becoming more difficult, because regarding Cyprus, the Turkish President, deviating from the UN resolutions, focuses exclusively on a two-state solution, which of course is not accepted by the Cypriot side. Here we must now try to direct the talks under the auspices UN, with a lot of patience - and this is hard work - in the right direction. This was definitely a setback now, but we should not be discouraged by such setbacks"
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/QHt4X
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🔸 "We have always argued that the channels of communication should be left open and in the Greek-Turkish relations we have already achieved some smaller steps (progress). These steps are now becoming more difficult, because regarding Cyprus, the Turkish President, deviating from the UN resolutions, focuses exclusively on a two-state solution, which of course is not accepted by the Cypriot side. Here we must now try to direct the talks under the auspices UN, with a lot of patience - and this is hard work - in the right direction. This was definitely a setback now, but we should not be discouraged by such setbacks"
/GBG/🟢 Funny how Merkel avoid criticizing Erdogan and Turkey directly at all costs. The eternal G*rm strikes again
/GBG/ 🗂
Forwarded from • Hellas • Ελλάδα • Greece (Maria)
This bronze Buddha is one of the earliest Shakyamuni icons from the ancient region of Gandhara [Pakistan] 1st to mid-2nd c. AD. He sits holding his right hand in abhaya mudra. His radiating halo is reminiscent of the Greek God Helios, his robes & hair shows Greco-Roman influence.
This is one of the earliest depictions of the Buddha in human form. Gandharan artists were familiar with Greek and Roman art from military expeditions, diplomacy, and trade. This Buddha’s unique halo is reminiscent of depictions of the god Helios in Greek and Sol in Roman art. The drape of the tunic echoes Hellenistic and Roman garments, as well as depictions of the Iranian god Mithra, and the Roman god Mithras. @GreekLeague
This is one of the earliest depictions of the Buddha in human form. Gandharan artists were familiar with Greek and Roman art from military expeditions, diplomacy, and trade. This Buddha’s unique halo is reminiscent of depictions of the god Helios in Greek and Sol in Roman art. The drape of the tunic echoes Hellenistic and Roman garments, as well as depictions of the Iranian god Mithra, and the Roman god Mithras. @GreekLeague
Forwarded from • Hellas • Ελλάδα • Greece (Maria)
One of the long-lasting legacies of Alexander's Indian conquests was a later East-West cultural syncretism creating a Greco-Buddhist art. Compare the above Gandhara Buddha with this Alexander-Helios image.
Gilt-silver roundel engraved with Alexander Helios, Hellenistic, 4th c. BC @GreekLeague
Gilt-silver roundel engraved with Alexander Helios, Hellenistic, 4th c. BC @GreekLeague
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🔴 Hundreds of immigrants were seen descending the mountain road 2 on 20/07 in the Gevas district of Van, Turkey. On 21/07, another group of 50 people fleeing from the soldiers entered the swamp area and waited for the darkness to fall in that swamp
>https://archive.is/IhFTi
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/IhFTi
/GBG/ 🗂
🔴 Turkey made a statement rejecting the UN's Security Council statement denouncing the reopening of Farmagusta
>https://archive.is/sGOtX
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🔸 "We reject the Security Council statement" said a two-page statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday night
🔸 "such statements are based on black propaganda and the baseless allegations of the Greek and Cypriot side, that Famagusta is not a territory of "northern cyprus", that it will plunder the property of the opened areas"
🔸 the Turkish Foreign Ministry is also trying to present the expansion of the opening areas of Famagusta, as an act of good will, claiming that the previous decisions of the UN Security Council are not violated by the Turkish Authorities
🔸 They reiterate Erdogan's "commitment" that the opening of Famagusta will not harm the interests of Cypriot owners who have been deprived of their property for 47 years, provided they appeal to a Turkish Cypriot Commission, thus recognizing the pseudo-state
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/sGOtX
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🔸 "We reject the Security Council statement" said a two-page statement issued by the Turkish Foreign Ministry on Thursday night
🔸 "such statements are based on black propaganda and the baseless allegations of the Greek and Cypriot side, that Famagusta is not a territory of "northern cyprus", that it will plunder the property of the opened areas"
🔸 the Turkish Foreign Ministry is also trying to present the expansion of the opening areas of Famagusta, as an act of good will, claiming that the previous decisions of the UN Security Council are not violated by the Turkish Authorities
🔸 They reiterate Erdogan's "commitment" that the opening of Famagusta will not harm the interests of Cypriot owners who have been deprived of their property for 47 years, provided they appeal to a Turkish Cypriot Commission, thus recognizing the pseudo-state
/GBG/ 🗂
🔴 After a shipwreck of a boat carrying illegal immigrants near Crete and at the coast of the Greek island of Kasos, two Turkish frigates arrived to the area, telling fishing boats assisting in the rescue that the rescue area was of Turkish jurisdiction, they were ignored
>https://archive.is/pf6nw
>https://archive.is/PV5Nz
🟢 Such strategy is an attempt to legitimize its claims that it "owns" those waters, not even the fishermen care
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/pf6nw
>https://archive.is/PV5Nz
/GBG/🟢 Turkey tries to base its "search and rescue" zone in the Turkish "blue homeland" doctrine in which it would own half of the aegean and even the sea around Greek islands and not giving them any EEZ, which goes against international law and against UNCLOS which recognizes islands as integral part of nations and also that every island has an EEZ
🟢 Such strategy is an attempt to legitimize its claims that it "owns" those waters, not even the fishermen care
/GBG/ 🗂
🔴🔸 REMINDER 🔸🔴
🔴 It has been 9 years since the brutal attack of a Pakistani against a 15-year old girl called Myrto, which left her with permanent disabilities
>https://archive.is/Y2Mav
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🔸 Myrto was 15 years old and was on vacation with her parents in Paros, Cyclades, Greece.
🟡 The girl decided to go alone for a walk in one of the famous beaches of the island. Not long after, her mother found her severely beaten and almost dying
‼️ Myrto had been attacked by a 24 year-old Pakistani who said that he initially wanted to steal the girl's phone, then he raped her, after which he beat her violently using stones and threw her on the rocks at the beach to kill her
🔸 Myrto was found nearly dead, but her injuries were too severe and despite recovering she became disabled
(read more at the source bellow)
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🔴 It has been 9 years since the brutal attack of a Pakistani against a 15-year old girl called Myrto, which left her with permanent disabilities
>https://archive.is/Y2Mav
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🔸 Myrto was 15 years old and was on vacation with her parents in Paros, Cyclades, Greece.
🟡 The girl decided to go alone for a walk in one of the famous beaches of the island. Not long after, her mother found her severely beaten and almost dying
‼️ Myrto had been attacked by a 24 year-old Pakistani who said that he initially wanted to steal the girl's phone, then he raped her, after which he beat her violently using stones and threw her on the rocks at the beach to kill her
🔸 Myrto was found nearly dead, but her injuries were too severe and despite recovering she became disabled
/GBG/🟢 Let this post be both a tribute to the victims of illegal immigrants and a reminder to the consequences of illegal immigration
(read more at the source bellow)
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Reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis.
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was located on the western coast of Asia Minor and built in the 6th century BC. Such was its tremendous size, double the dimensions of other Greek temples including the Parthenon, that it was soon regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The great Ionic temple survived until Late Antiquity and the Gothic invasion of c. 267 CE. Once again rebuilt, in 401 CE it was torn down for the last time by a Christian mob.
Antipater of Sidon’s wrote:
I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, “Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand. @GreekLeague
The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus was located on the western coast of Asia Minor and built in the 6th century BC. Such was its tremendous size, double the dimensions of other Greek temples including the Parthenon, that it was soon regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The great Ionic temple survived until Late Antiquity and the Gothic invasion of c. 267 CE. Once again rebuilt, in 401 CE it was torn down for the last time by a Christian mob.
Antipater of Sidon’s wrote:
I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, “Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand. @GreekLeague
Forwarded from END HUMAN TRAFFICKING (DJBoddhi)
18 July 2021 Greece
Greek police disrupted two people smuggling operations in separate incidents over the weekend with multiple arrests of foreign nationals in the prefectures of Rodopi and Evros according to Alexandroupolis police.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/19/police-arrest-people-smugglers/
@ENDHUMANTRAFFICKING
Greek police disrupted two people smuggling operations in separate incidents over the weekend with multiple arrests of foreign nationals in the prefectures of Rodopi and Evros according to Alexandroupolis police.
https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/07/19/police-arrest-people-smugglers/
@ENDHUMANTRAFFICKING
Greek City Times
People smugglers arrested after car overturns in police escape attempt
Greek police disrupted people smuggling operations in two separate incidents over the weekend with multiple arrests of foreign nationals in the prefectures of
🔴 After a big flood in Rizunda and Artuin, Pontus, Erdogan went to the region and distributed bags of tea to the people affected by the disaster
>https://archive.is/Vr7Vo
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/Vr7Vo
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🔴 Erdogan posted a video commemorating one year since he converted Hagia Sofia into a mosque, saying it was the "resurrection" and that Hagia Sofia is a symbol of the revival of Turkish culture
>https://archive.is/IIVyW
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🔸 On 23/07, the 44th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee condemned the conversion into a mosque not only of Hagia Sophia, but also of the Monastery of Chora, expressing concern about the effects on the ecumenical character of the monuments
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/IIVyW
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🔸 On 23/07, the 44th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee condemned the conversion into a mosque not only of Hagia Sophia, but also of the Monastery of Chora, expressing concern about the effects on the ecumenical character of the monuments
/GBG/🟢 Erdogan is right, there is probably nothing more Turkish than stealing things from other cultures and claiming its yours with total disregard to its significance while if the same is done to anything such as mosques funded by Turkey in Europe, Turks will screech for years and still do for certain things they lost during Ottoman times
/GBG/ 🗂
🔴 In a joint operation with Bulgarian and Hungarian Authorities, Greece has arrested more smugglers operating in Greece, part of a massive ring that has been active in several countries
>https://archive.is/Cy2df
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👮🏼♂️ The police apprehended: 3 SUVs and 1 Truck, 4 fake license plate pairs, blank checks, electronic devices such as tablets and phones and 3500 Euros
🔸 The smugglers got their cars from Bulgaria while other members of the group advertised the smuggling operations in Turkey and helped the immigrants to cross the border, the criminals operating in Greek soil would pick them up and transport them from the border areas to several places in Thessaloniki
💰 It is estimated that they received at least 700 000 Euros and were charging at least 2000 Euros per immigrant. According to investigation, since June 2019 they are involved in at least 56 cases of immigrant trafficking, for which 35 drivers, 355 illegal immigrants were arrested and 55 vehicles were confiscated
/GBG/ 🗂
>https://archive.is/Cy2df
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👮🏼♂️ The police apprehended: 3 SUVs and 1 Truck, 4 fake license plate pairs, blank checks, electronic devices such as tablets and phones and 3500 Euros
🔸 The smugglers got their cars from Bulgaria while other members of the group advertised the smuggling operations in Turkey and helped the immigrants to cross the border, the criminals operating in Greek soil would pick them up and transport them from the border areas to several places in Thessaloniki
💰 It is estimated that they received at least 700 000 Euros and were charging at least 2000 Euros per immigrant. According to investigation, since June 2019 they are involved in at least 56 cases of immigrant trafficking, for which 35 drivers, 355 illegal immigrants were arrested and 55 vehicles were confiscated
/GBG/ 🗂