Talk:Greek nationalism

Roots are in late Byzantine period

In the book "Modern Greece: A Short History," by C.M. Woodhouse it is stated that the last Byzantine Emperor Constantine Palaiologos XI was told by his advisers to proclaim the Empire as Greek and to identify it as such. This he did in various ways. In one of his last speeches he drew attention to the fact that eight thousand of Constantinople's defenders were Greek by ethnicity (the other two thousand defenders were mostly Italian). I could add many referenced facts to back this up, if anyone else thinks it should be added. There are many, many examples this. --Nikoz78 (talk) 16:52, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Greece-Turkey

At the moment it says, "Today Greek nationalism remains important on the Greco-Turkish dispute over Cyprus". Slightly misleading on a number of grounds. Firstly Cyprus as an independent country has ideologies outside of Greek nationalism (similar to Austria/Germany and Montenegro/Serbia among others known). Obviously Greek nationalism advocates a union of the two countries plus other territory and this will be shared by Greek nationalists regardless of homeland. However, Greece as a state does not aspire to annex Cyprus and the two countries have strong ties as partners. As such, the secession of the Turkish Republic (not claimed by Turkey either on similar grounds) represents a genuine dispute between two populations of an island and their ethnic affiliates in the two bigger neighbouring countries. This means that you do not need to be a Turkish nationalist to support Turkish Northern Cyprus, or a Greek nationalist to claim territorial integrity of the whole island, these are ordinary tenets of each community. I feel this needs to be rewritten but I do not know the best way to go about it as I am not so experienced in Greek/Cypriot/Turkish matters and associated manual of style. --OJ (talk) 16:54, 28 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

As the concept of Nationalism did not exist until the 18th Century, and, except to a Greek nationalist or someone who believes in Nationalism, nobody would connect the ancient Hellenistic cultures to modern Greece or Greek nationalism... it's pretty brazenly ridiculous to try and say that Greek Nationalism began before Christ. Was this written by a Greek? NO Nationalist movement began before the late 18th Century.96.231.200.32 (talk) 14:20, 1 June 2021 (UTC)Ryan[reply]