War of Greek Independence

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Noun1.War of Greek Independence - the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821War of Greek Independence - the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
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The Armenian diaspora did it a couple of years ago with The Promise , a film re-enacting the Armenian genocide of 1915 -- and now the Greek-American diaspora (led by writer-producer Marianne Metropoulos, wife of billionaire Dean Metropoulos) does it for the Greek war of independence that began in 1821.
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In a further affront to Athens, the alleged incident occurred during Monday's celebrations of the start of the Greek war of independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1821.Tsipras on Monday said his Chinook helicopter had been "forced into low-altitude manoeuvres" by Turkish warplanes "who violated our national airspace" before they were intercepted by Greek jets.Tsipras had flown to the small island of Agathonissi, just off the Turkish coast, to mark the occasion.
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