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How Greece Finally Recognized the Bektashi–Alevites of Thrace
A small, distinct community in Thrace is now officially recognized. This is the story behind Greece’s decision and what it reveals about identity, religion, and the state.
My Bulgarian Summer: 1994
“What would your papou say?” my mother said, partly in jest. Her father, my grandfather, like so many Greeks resident in America during the Balkan Wars, rushed back to Greece to fight in the war…
A Forgotten Greece: The Pomakochoria
Echinos, Xanthi – Greece After miles of mountainous backroads north of the city of Xanthi, Greece lies a region that is commonly unmentioned when discussing modern day Greece. Far from the highly-photographed, whitewashed villages of…
