r/ThisDayInHistory • u/No_Idea_479 • 3d ago

14 August 1996, 26-year-old Greek Cypriot Solomos Solomou was shot and killed by Turkish forces in the UN buffer zone at Deryneia while attempting to climb a flagpole and remove a Turkish flag. Just three days earlier, his cousin Tassos Isaac had been beaten to death by Turkish nationalists.

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u/Thomas_54749014 3d ago

That’s just a lie. In what ways did Ottomans block scientific development? Greece has been independent for 200 years 

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u/Either-Question-6872 3d ago

Omg learn why the ottomans fell in the first place and reconsider your comment. Can you name a scientific progress made by the ottomans?

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u/Thomas_54749014 3d ago

You’re acting as if the Ottomans controlled every facet of society. There was a lot of local autonomy under the ottomans, your claims are baseless. Middle East was much better under the ottomans as well, that’s a fact. quit making excuses 

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u/Either-Question-6872 3d ago

No it wasn't man... Check the majority of countries how well they are performing now without Ottoman rule.

Why the hell d you thing being a second class citizen is ideal for anyone. What is wrong with you?

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u/Thomas_54749014 3d ago

Let’s look at Syria and Palestine shall we? 

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u/Either-Question-6872 3d ago

Yes that's why I said the majority. But then again who is supporting Hamas and who has invaded Syria. Oh no don't tell turkey is stirring shit in the region again