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2 unusual facts about Ottoman Greece


Alexander Hangerli

Upon the outbreak of the rebellion in Ottoman Greece, Hangerli felt threatened by a possible Ottoman move against the Phanariotes.

Kostas Krystallis

He was born an Ottoman subject in Epirus, but escaped to Greece after being denounced to the authorities for writing a patriotic collection of poetry.


Carl Haller von Hallerstein

Johann Carl Christoph Wilhelm Joachim Haller von Hallerstein (10 June 1774, Burg Hilpoltstein, Hiltpoltstein, Principality of Bayreuth – 5 November 1817, Ampelakia, Thessaly, Ottoman Greece) was a German architect, archaeologist and art historian.

Opatów

In the 18th century, Opatów became home to a number of Greeks, who had escaped to Poland from Turkish occupation of their homeland (see Ottoman Greece).


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