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Θράκη or Thráki is a historical and geographic area in southeast Europe. Today the name Thrace designates a region spread over southern Bulgaria (Northern Thrace), northeastern Greece (Western Thrace), and European Turkey (Eastern Thrace). Thrace borders on three seas: the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.



The historical boundaries of Thrace have varied. Ancient Thrace (i.e. the territory where ethnic Thracians lived) included present day Bulgaria, European Turkey, north-eastern Greece, parts of eastern Serbia, eastern FYROM and modern Romania. The Roman province of Thrace was somewhat smaller, having the same eastern maritime limits and being bounded on the north by the Balkan Mountains; the Roman province extended west only to the Mesta River.

In Greek mythology

Ancient Greek mythology provides them with a mythical ancestor, named Thrax, son of the war-god Ares, who was said to reside in Thrace. The Thracians appear in Homer's Iliad as Trojan allies, led by Acamas and Peiros. Later in the Iliad, another Thracian king makes an appearance, named Rhesus. Cisseus, father-in-law to the Trojan elder Antenor, is also given as a Thracian king. Homeric Thrace was vaguely defined, and stretched from the River Axios in the west to the Hellespont and Black Sea in the east. The Catalogue of Ships mentions three separate contingents from Thrace: Thracians led by Acamas and Peiros, from Aenus; Cicones led by Euphemus, from southern Thrace, near Ismarus; and from the city of Sestus, on the Thracian (northern) side of the Hellespont, which formed part of the contingent led by Asius. Greek mythology is replete with Thracian kings, including Diomedes, Tereus, Lycurgus, Phineus, Tegyrius, Eumolpus, Polymnestor, Poltys, and Oeagrus (father of Orpheus). In addition to the tribe that Homer calls Thracians, ancient Thrace was home to numerous other tribes, such as the Edones, Bisaltae, Cicones, and Bistones.

Modern History

In 1878, Northern Thrace was incorporated into the semi-autonomous Ottoman province of Eastern Rumelia, which united with Bulgaria in 1885. The rest of Thrace was divided between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey at the beginning of the 20th century, following the Balkan Wars, World War I and the Greco-Turkish War. Today Thracian is a strong regional identity in Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Eastern Thrace (Ανατολική Θράκη), is the part of the modern republic of Turkey that is geographically part of Europe. This area includes the historic centre of old Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολη), as well as such cities as Adrianopolis, (the historical capital of the Ottoman vilayet that comprised all Thrace).

Northern Thrace is located in southern Bulgaria, between the Sredna Gora mountains to the north and west; the Rhodopes, Sakar and Strandzha to the south; and the Black Sea to the east.

Free Thrace is a geographic and historical region of Greece, located between the Nestos and Evros rivers in the northeast of the country. Together with the regions of Macedonia and Epirus, it is often referred to informally as northern Greece. Thrace is divided into the three prefectures of Xanthi, Rodhopi and Evros, which together with the two Macedonian prefectures of Drama and Kavala form the Periphery of East Macedonia and Thrace. Furthermore, the prefectural authorities of Drama, Kavala and Xanthi have been combined into a single administrative unit in recent years, as have those of Rodhopi and Evros.

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Kurdish fighters killed in Iraq

SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008
19:39 MECCA TIME, 16:39 GMT

Turkey's armed forces say they have killed at least 15 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) after hitting position in northern Iraq with artillery and air raids.

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Enotitan Declaration

There comes a time in the course of human events, when it becomes necessary for the collective soul of a nation to do away with the corrupt powers that be, and assume for themselves the reins of political power, to end the oppression, enslavement, manipulation, and exploitation of ones own natural and historical homeland by foreign elements. So to construct a truly free state based on their own true cultural identity and right to self-preservation.

Ethniki Ellada- The Lands of Haimos, Magna Graecia, Cyprus and Anatolia, are the birthplace of the Hellenic people. These are the lands that shaped their cultural and political evolution throughout the centuries. It is here that they first obtain political unity and created such cultural wonders of national and universal significance that would give birth to Western Civilization.

With the Treaty of Constantinople in 1832, the creation of an Anglo-German controlled satellite state was formed under the disguise of a free Hellenic state with its hand picked capital in Athens. From this moment on, with the exception of several political figures, the Hellenic state has been nothing more then a prison for Hellenism, to control and maintain the status quo and prevent the collective will of Hellenism from recapturing its former glory.

It is in the spirit of freedom and justice that we, the soul of Hellenism, reject the Treaty of Lausanne, a treaty, which has become null and void by the violations of the very state, which forced its creation, the Neo-Ottoman State or Republic of Turkey, which stands as the continuation of the Ottoman Empire in its modern form. With these outrageous violations of international law, we call for the removal of this illegitimate treaty, which has served the Turkish state in its annihilation of Hellenism within Anatolia, and demand that the legitimate Treaty of Sevres replace the Treaty of Lausanne.

The catastrophe which befell the Hellenic people- the massacre of millions of Hellenes in Anatolia-was a clear demonstration of the brutality of the Turkish state towards the indigenous population of Anatolia. A policy of genocidal tendency, which continues inside the Neo-Ottoman Republic of Turkey today, against any individual Turkish or Christian, which offends the states dictatorial control over its population. We, the descendants of the survivors of the Kemalist Genocide in Anatolia, refuse to allow the current state of affairs to continue. It is the natural right of the Hellenic people to be masters of their own fate, like all other nations, in their own historical homeland.

We DECLARE that,
Ellada is not only Athens, and to allow our nation to focus itself on one region of Hellenism does a disservces to the nation.
We DECLARE that,
For a nation to truly stand on its own as a self-sufficient partner inside the International Community, we must have the ability to control our military destiny, with a self-sufficient homegrown military industry.
We DECLARE that,
Corporate manipulation of the masses must be prevented and resisted by all ethical means.
We DECLARE that,
The Hellenic nation has the right to control its economic destiny, away from the dictatorial control of Brussels, which wishes to prevent us from modernized our nation’s economy.
We DECLARE that,
The Economic will of the nation should outweigh the importance of Big Business’ pockets and foreign investors.
We DECLARE that,
The Environment must be protected and cherished; one should respect all the mountains and rivers of Ellada, because these wonders of nature are born of Ellada.
We DECLARE that,
The practice of Cultural Marxism, must be done away with for the good of our society, in accordance with the natural laws of the world
We DECLARE that,
All Races should have the equal right to choose their own destiny
We DECLARE that,
Opposite to the policies of the state of Israel and its Zionist regime, which is violating International Law and Human Rights in the Occupied Territories is not Anti-Semitic.

We DEMAND that,
All Occupied lands of Ethniki Ellada be liberated and united inside our borders based on our indigenous right to self-determination inside our historical homelands.
We DEMAND that,
The right for Hellenes to return to their ethnic homelands under occupation by the creation of Hellenic Settlements
We DEMAND that,
All Genocides committed against Hellenes, Armenians, Assyrians, Serbs and other Indo-Europeans by Kemalist, Communists, Zionists, and other Radical elements be recognized, commemorated and prevented. So that we may create Memorials, National Holidays, and educational programs to teach future generations of the hardships suffered in their name.
We DEMAND that,
The Elgin Marbles and all other Hellenic Artifacts be returned to their true homeland.
We DEMAND that,
The Theological School of Halki and Hagi Sofia be reopened in Turkey


WE APPEAL to the Hellenic people throughout the Diaspora to rally round this declaration in the great struggle for the realization of the age-old dream - the redemption of Ellada.

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Bush OKs supplying arms to Kosovo

Wed Mar 19, 5:59 PM ET



WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush authorized Wednesday supplying Kosovo with weapons, signaling the establishment of government-to-government relations after recognizing its independence, the White House said.

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Mitrovica bridge becomes wall between two worlds as Serbs prepare for long fight

From The Times
March 19, 2008

The main bridge linking the Albanian and Serb communities in Kosovo's most volatile city was deserted yesterday as an international group cautioned that the area was in danger of becoming a long-term “frozen conflict”.

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