{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Greco-Turkish War","description":"A city stands uneasy. The old empire is dying, and new ambitions are swirling in the streets. In the cafés of Athens and the markets of Smyrna, rumors and dreams crackle like distant thunder.\r\n\r\nIn the shadow of war, ordinary people brace for a storm they can neither predict nor escape. The spring of nineteen nineteen arrives, and the world is still raw from the Great War’s devastation. The Ottoman Empire, once mighty, lies gutted and powerless. Foreign diplomats in Paris redraw borders with pens, but it’s the people in Anatolia and Thrace who feel the ground shifting beneath their feet. Greece, hungry for a Greater Hellas, studies the maps of a dismembered Ottoman world. In Athens, men trace imagined lines, their hands trembling with hope and fear. For centuries, Greek communities have lived on these contested lands. Now, national pride and old wounds burn hotter than ever. Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos fans the flames, promising to reclaim Smyrna—Izmir to the Turks—a city of mingled tongues and restless hearts. But for every Greek dream, there’s a Turkish memory. In Anatolia, villagers watch foreign warships gather in the harbor. Turkish families wonder if the world will change forever. Mustafa Kemal, a seasoned Ottoman officer, watches from the margins, already plotting resistance.\r\n\r\nAurelius and Malik take on this case in full — 5 chapters, 35 minutes, one complete story.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://theconflictarchive.com/conflict/greco-turkish-war","author_name":"The Archive Network"}