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'''''Megali Idea (Μεγάλη Ιδέα)''''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] for "Great Idea") is a concept of [[Greeks|Greek]] nationalism expressing the goal of establishing a Greek state that encompasses all ethnic Greeks.

The Greek state emerging under [[Yiannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out large groups of ethnic Greeks. The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of Anatolia, and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.

A major proponent was [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], who expanded Greek territory in the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913|13]] — southern Epirus, Crete, and southern Macedonia were attached to Greece. Thessaly, and part of southern Epirus, had been annexed in [[1881]]. Victory in [[World War I]] seemed to promise an even greater realisation of the Great Idea, as Greece won northern Epirus, [[Smyrna]], [[Imbros and Tenedos]], and [[Western Thrace]].

A major defeat followed in [[1922]], however, when the Turkish nationalists defeated and expelled the Greeks from Anatolia during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]]. Greece did not manage to occupy Smyrna, Imbros, and Tenedos from Turkey, to whom they still belong; she also was not capable to occupy southern [[Albania]] (northern Epirus). Greece did retain western Thrace, and in 1945, at the end of [[World War II]], won the [[Dodecanese]] from Italy.

Although the Great Idea ceased to be a driving force behind Greek foreign policy after the [[Treaty of Lausanne]], remnants remain. Greece only recently, for example, recognised the present Greco-Albanian border (and, implicitly, Albanian rule over northern Epirus); Greece also sponsored a pro-enosis military coup on Cyprus in [[1974]] leading to the still-standing division between Turkish Cyprus and Greek Cyprus.

[[Category:History of Greece]]

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 '''''Megali Idea (Μεγάλη Ιδέα)''''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] for "Great Idea") is a concept of [[Greeks|Greek]] nationalism expressing the goal of establishing a Greek state that encompasses all ethnic Greeks.
-The Greek state emerging under [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out large groups of ethnic Greeks.  The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of [[Anatolia]], and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.
+The Greek state emerging under [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out twice as many ethnic Greeks as it included.  The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], [[Thrace]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of [[Anatolia]], and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.
-A major proponent was [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], who expanded Greek territory in the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913|13]] &mdash; southern Epirus, Crete, and southern Macedonia were attached to Greece.  Thessaly, and part of southern Epirus, had been annexed in [[1881]].  Victory in [[World War I]] seemed to promise an even greater realisation of the Great Idea, as Greece won northern Epirus, [[Smyrna]], [[Imbros]] and [[Tenedos]] and [[Western Thrace]].
+A major proponent was [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], who expanded Greek territory in the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913|13]] &mdash; southern Epirus, Crete, and southern Macedonia were attached to Greece.  Thessaly, and part of southern Epirus, had been annexed in [[1881]].  Victory in [[World War I]] seemed to promise an even greater realisation of the Great Idea, as Greece won [[Northern Epirus]], [[Smyrna]], [[Imbros]] and [[Tenedos]] and [[Western Thrace]].
 A major defeat followed in [[1922]], however, when the Turkish nationalists defeated and expelled the Greeks from Anatolia during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]].  Greece lost Smyrna, Imbros and Tenedos to Turkey and was not able to retain [[Northern Epirus]].  Greece did retain western Thrace and, in 1945, at the end of [[World War II]], acquired the [[Dodecanese]] from Italy.
-Although the Great Idea ceased to be a driving force behind Greek foreign policy after the [[Treaty of Lausanne]], remnants remain.  Greece only recently, for example, recognised the present Greco-Albanian border (and, implicitly, Albanian rule over northern Epirus); Greece also sponsored a pro-enosis military coup on Cyprus in [[1974]] leading to the de-facto partition of the island of Cyprus into Greek and Turkish sectors.
+Although the Great Idea ceased to be a driving force behind Greek foreign policy after the [[Treaty of Lausanne]], remnants remain.  Greece only recently, for example, recognised the present Greco-Albanian border (and, implicitly, Albanian rule over northern Epirus); Greece also sponsored a pro-[[enosis]] military coup on Cyprus in July [[1974]] leading to the [[Turkish Invasion of Cyprus]] and the de-facto partition of the island of Cyprus into Greek and Turkish sectors.
 [[Category:History of Greece]]

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 '''''Megali Idea (Μεγάλη Ιδέα)''''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] for "Great Idea") is a concept of [[Greeks|Greek]] nationalism expressing the goal of establishing a Greek state that encompasses all ethnic Greeks.
-The Greek state emerging under [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out large groups of ethnic Greeks.  The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of Anatolia, and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.
+The Greek state emerging under [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out large groups of ethnic Greeks.  The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of [[Anatolia]], and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.
-A major proponent was [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], who expanded Greek territory in the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913|13]] &mdash; southern Epirus, Crete, and southern Macedonia were attached to Greece.  Thessaly, and part of southern Epirus, had been annexed in [[1881]].  Victory in [[World War I]] seemed to promise an even greater realisation of the Great Idea, as Greece won northern Epirus, [[Smyrna]], [[Imbros and Tenedos]], and [[Western Thrace]].
+A major proponent was [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], who expanded Greek territory in the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913|13]] &mdash; southern Epirus, Crete, and southern Macedonia were attached to Greece.  Thessaly, and part of southern Epirus, had been annexed in [[1881]].  Victory in [[World War I]] seemed to promise an even greater realisation of the Great Idea, as Greece won northern Epirus, [[Smyrna]], [[Imbros]] and [[Tenedos]] and [[Western Thrace]].
-A major defeat followed in [[1922]], however, when the Turkish nationalists defeated and expelled the Greeks from Anatolia during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]].  Greece did not manage to occupy Smyrna, Imbros, and Tenedos from Turkey, to whom they still belong; she also was not capable to occupy southern [[Albania]] (northern Epirus).  Greece did retain western Thrace, and in 1945, at the end of [[World War II]], won the [[Dodecanese]] from Italy.
+A major defeat followed in [[1922]], however, when the Turkish nationalists defeated and expelled the Greeks from Anatolia during the [[Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922)]].  Greece lost Smyrna, Imbros and Tenedos to Turkey and was not able to retain [[Northern Epirus]].  Greece did retain western Thrace and, in 1945, at the end of [[World War II]], acquired the [[Dodecanese]] from Italy.
-Although the Great Idea ceased to be a driving force behind Greek foreign policy after the [[Treaty of Lausanne]], remnants remain.  Greece only recently, for example, recognised the present Greco-Albanian border (and, implicitly, Albanian rule over northern Epirus); Greece also sponsored a pro-enosis military coup on Cyprus in [[1974]] leading to the still-standing division between Turkish Cyprus and Greek Cyprus.
+Although the Great Idea ceased to be a driving force behind Greek foreign policy after the [[Treaty of Lausanne]], remnants remain.  Greece only recently, for example, recognised the present Greco-Albanian border (and, implicitly, Albanian rule over northern Epirus); Greece also sponsored a pro-enosis military coup on Cyprus in [[1974]] leading to the de-facto partition of the island of Cyprus into Greek and Turkish sectors.
 [[Category:History of Greece]]

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 '''''Megali Idea (Μεγάλη Ιδέα)''''' ([[Greek language|Greek]] for "Great Idea") is a concept of [[Greeks|Greek]] nationalism expressing the goal of establishing a Greek state that encompasses all ethnic Greeks.
-The Greek state emerging under [[Yiannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out large groups of ethnic Greeks.  The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of Anatolia, and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.
+The Greek state emerging under [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]] after the Greek [[War of Independence]] left out large groups of ethnic Greeks.  The Great Idea encompassed a desire to bring these groups into the Greek state; specifically in the territories of [[Epirus]], [[Thessaly]], [[Macedonia]], the [[Aegean Islands]], [[Crete]], [[Cyprus]], parts of Anatolia, and the city of [[Constantinople]], that would replace [[Athens]] as the capital.
 A major proponent was [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], who expanded Greek territory in the [[Balkan Wars]] of [[1912]]-[[1913|13]] &mdash; southern Epirus, Crete, and southern Macedonia were attached to Greece.  Thessaly, and part of southern Epirus, had been annexed in [[1881]].  Victory in [[World War I]] seemed to promise an even greater realisation of the Great Idea, as Greece won northern Epirus, [[Smyrna]], [[Imbros and Tenedos]], and [[Western Thrace]].