Turkey and Greece are at odds now but decades ago, so was Turkey behind help campaign for its neighbor during World War II, just like Greece offered help in The aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey in 1999.
the fall of Athens for the Nazis on 27 April 1941 and subsequent occupation of Mainland Greece by the Axis Powers (Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy) left in It spoils infrastructure, industry and agriculture of Country, already Destroyed by months of war. To exacerbate this predicament, the Nazi occupation set in Ruthless movement program of Economic exploitation that entailed rationing of crude materials and the food of Greece for fodder and clothing equip German armies are fighting all over Europe.
paired with Allied blockade of Greece, this led to severe food shortages in country, in particular in The capital, Athens, and the nearby port city of Piraeus. According to the Greek historian Polymeris Vogles, at least 300,000 Greeks died of Starvation or malnutrition during the occupation, which lasted until October 1944.
Turkiye was among first countries that rushed to help of Greece ravaged by famine, according to the Director General of the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) Ibrahim Altan, emphasizing the point. in Interview with Anadolu Agency (AA). It was confirmed to be Turkish owned population also faced Severe food shortage millions of men I had to leave the fields for military Mobilization, did not ignore the misfortune that neighboring Greece had to endure.
The first Package of humanitarian aid, over 2000 tons including fish, pork, eggs and potatoes left from Istanbul on October 6, 1941, aboard the Turkish cargo ship SS Kurtuluş play decisive role in alleviation of suffering of Many Greeks, related to Altan. The old freighter, which was 60 years old at the time, carried not only over 8,000 tons of much-needed aid however also Hope and feeling of He indicated his solidarity with Greece. Altan noted that although Kurtuluş sank in the sea of Marmara on Her fifth relief trip to Greece on February 1942, due to the unfavorable weather Terms, after a sixCompulsory monthly hiatus mission Taking over Organized by other Turkish ships government and the Turkish Red Crescent.
Cargo ships carried Dumlupınar, Tunç, Konya, Güneysu, and Aksu total of 50,000 tons at least of He said that humanitarian aid to Greece by 1946, adding Dumlupınar also He brought about 1,000 Greek patients children Aged 13-16 to Istanbul to recover in Safe place.
Turkish aid to Greece did not start with Kurtuluş, which literally means deliverance, or their successors, according to Çağla Derya Tagmat, scholar of Modern Greek history at the University of Ankara in The capital of Turkey. Tagmat told AA that the start in the fall of 1940 Turkish relief efforts for its western neighbor in its independence struggle just Two decades ago, the Greeks supplied with tons of Salt and thousands of Tetanus and necrosis vaccines. While not all aid was funded by the Turks governmentthat was in awesome financial At the time, Ankara’s diplomacy and impartiality were paramount in get vast amount of Much needed food across the Aegean Sea as the world’s most deadly The conflict raged in background, said dim, who wrote a book on Turkish humanitarian aid to Greece during World War II using Primary Greek Sources. Besides the governmentshe addedmany Turkish professional organizations and common people They contributed from their savings to donation campaigns, which funded a large part of belief materials.
Citing her interviews and archival studies, Tagmat said many Greeks still remember and deeply appreciate the help Turkey sent.
About Ankara’s neutral status for bone of War Tuğba Eray Biber expert on Turkish-Greek Relations at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, said the country was brilliant in using to help Greece. Turkish trade unions said that sent relief materials to their Greek counterparts, including journalists, bank employees, athletes and municipal employees. Kurtuluş, as first The ship is loaded with aids to arrive in Greece, which quickly became famous, became a ray of hopefull in The eyes of Many Greeks in particular of Those in Athena and Piraeus said. on me one On the occasion of the Greek journalists who They visited Kurtuluş for a photo shoot and noticed that they were going to launch a donation campaign to me buy And turning it into a museum once the war was over, Bieber said Kurtuluş, adding that there were ideas to name it one of Athens main Streets after the Turkish Red Crescent.
Therefore, her sinking was devastating news for Many, express in Part of the then Greek Prime Minister Georgios Tsolakoglou, who made Statements to the press to express sorrow of Greek nation said.
Quoting a statement from the Turkish embassy in Greece to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Bieber revealed that many Greeks thought Kurtuluş had been torpedoed.
As sincere Turkish aid to Greece during the Troubles times shows It is important to remember that, fortunately, relations between the two historical neighbors, Turkey and Greece, are not only marked by disagreements and tensions.
Turkey and Greece are at odds now but decades ago, so was Turkey behind help campaign for its neighbor during World War II, just like Greece offered help in The aftermath of devastating earthquake in Turkey in 1999.
the fall of Athens for the Nazis on 27 April 1941 and subsequent occupation of Mainland Greece by the Axis Powers (Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy) left in It spoils infrastructure, industry and agriculture of Country, already Destroyed by months of war. To exacerbate this predicament, the Nazi occupation set in Ruthless movement program of Economic exploitation that entailed rationing of crude materials and the food of Greece for fodder and clothing equip German armies are fighting all over Europe.
paired with Allied blockade of Greece, this led to severe food shortages in country, in particular in The capital, Athens, and the nearby port city of Piraeus. According to the Greek historian Polymeris Vogles, at least 300,000 Greeks died of Starvation or malnutrition during the occupation, which lasted until October 1944.
Turkiye was among first countries that rushed to help of Greece ravaged by famine, according to the Director General of the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay) Ibrahim Altan, emphasizing the point. in Interview with Anadolu Agency (AA). It was confirmed to be Turkish owned population also faced Severe food shortage millions of men I had to leave the fields for military Mobilization, did not ignore the misfortune that neighboring Greece had to endure.
The first Package of humanitarian aid, over 2000 tons including fish, pork, eggs and potatoes left from Istanbul on October 6, 1941, aboard the Turkish cargo ship SS Kurtuluş play decisive role in alleviation of suffering of Many Greeks, related to Altan. The old freighter, which was 60 years old at the time, carried not only over 8,000 tons of much-needed aid however also Hope and feeling of He indicated his solidarity with Greece. Altan noted that although Kurtuluş sank in the sea of Marmara on Her fifth relief trip to Greece on February 1942, due to the unfavorable weather Terms, after a sixCompulsory monthly hiatus mission Taking over Organized by other Turkish ships government and the Turkish Red Crescent.
Cargo ships carried Dumlupınar, Tunç, Konya, Güneysu, and Aksu total of 50,000 tons at least of He said that humanitarian aid to Greece by 1946, adding Dumlupınar also He brought about 1,000 Greek patients children Aged 13-16 to Istanbul to recover in Safe place.
Turkish aid to Greece did not start with Kurtuluş, which literally means deliverance, or their successors, according to Çağla Derya Tagmat, scholar of Modern Greek history at the University of Ankara in The capital of Turkey. Tagmat told AA that the start in the fall of 1940 Turkish relief efforts for its western neighbor in its independence struggle just Two decades ago, the Greeks supplied with tons of Salt and thousands of Tetanus and necrosis vaccines. While not all aid was funded by the Turks governmentthat was in awesome financial At the time, Ankara’s diplomacy and impartiality were paramount in get vast amount of Much needed food across the Aegean Sea as the world’s most deadly The conflict raged in background, said dim, who wrote a book on Turkish humanitarian aid to Greece during World War II using Primary Greek Sources. Besides the governmentshe addedmany Turkish professional organizations and common people They contributed from their savings to donation campaigns, which funded a large part of belief materials.
Citing her interviews and archival studies, Tagmat said many Greeks still remember and deeply appreciate the help Turkey sent.
About Ankara’s neutral status for bone of War Tuğba Eray Biber expert on Turkish-Greek Relations at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, said the country was brilliant in using to help Greece. Turkish trade unions said that sent relief materials to their Greek counterparts, including journalists, bank employees, athletes and municipal employees. Kurtuluş, as first The ship is loaded with aids to arrive in Greece, which quickly became famous, became a ray of hopefull in The eyes of Many Greeks in particular of Those in Athena and Piraeus said. on me one On the occasion of the Greek journalists who They visited Kurtuluş for a photo shoot and noticed that they were going to launch a donation campaign to me buy And turning it into a museum once the war was over, Bieber said Kurtuluş, adding that there were ideas to name it one of Athens main Streets after the Turkish Red Crescent.
Therefore, her sinking was devastating news for Many, express in Part of the then Greek Prime Minister Georgios Tsolakoglou, who made Statements to the press to express sorrow of Greek nation said.
Quoting a statement from the Turkish embassy in Greece to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara, Bieber revealed that many Greeks thought Kurtuluş had been torpedoed.
As sincere Turkish aid to Greece during the Troubles times shows It is important to remember that, fortunately, relations between the two historical neighbors, Turkey and Greece, are not only marked by disagreements and tensions.