Megali Idea doctrine

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19th-century political concept Greek nationalist ideology irredentist political doctrine

The Megali Idea doctrine was a 19th- and early 20th-century Greek nationalist vision aiming to unite all historically Greek-inhabited or formerly Byzantine territories into a single expanded Greek state.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Megali Idea	2
Megali Idea (Greek irredentist policy)	1
Megali Idea doctrine canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	19th-century political concept ⓘ Greek nationalist ideology ⓘ irredentist political doctrine ⓘ
appliesToTerritory	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ
basedOn	historical memory of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ perception of continuous Greek presence in former Byzantine lands ⓘ
country	Greece ⓘ
describedBySource	Greek parliamentary debates of the 19th century ⓘ historiography of modern Greece ⓘ
endCause	Greek defeat in the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) ⓘ population exchange between Greece and Turkey ⓘ
formulatedBy	Ioannis Kolettis ⓘ
goal	restoration of a Greek state approximating the borders of the Byzantine Empire ⓘ unification of all historically Greek-inhabited territories into one state ⓘ
hasEffect	expansion of Greek territory after the Balkan Wars ⓘ heightened ethnic tensions in the Balkans and Asia Minor ⓘ shaping of modern Greek national identity ⓘ
hasPart	claim to Asia Minor ⓘ claim to Constantinople ⓘ claim to Crete ⓘ claim to Cyprus ⓘ claim to Epirus ⓘ claim to Macedonia ⓘ claim to Thrace ⓘ claim to the Aegean islands ⓘ
ideology	Eastern Orthodox Christian identity ⓘ Greek nationalism ⓘ
inception	1844 ⓘ
influenced	Greek foreign policy in the early 20th century ⓘ Greek foreign policy in the late 19th century ⓘ Greek involvement in the Balkan Wars ⓘ Greek military campaign in Asia Minor (1919–1922) ⓘ Greek participation in World War I on the Allied side ⓘ
mainSubject	Greek irredentism ⓘ territorial expansion of Greece ⓘ
nativeLabel	Μεγάλη Ιδέα ⓘ
opposedBy	Albanian nationalism ⓘ Bulgarian nationalism ⓘ Turkish nationalism ⓘ
relatedTo	Balkan Wars ⓘ Balkan Wars ⓘ surface form: First Balkan War Turkish War of Independence ⓘ surface form: Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922) Balkan Wars ⓘ surface form: Second Balkan War Treaty of Lausanne ⓘ Treaty of Sèvres ⓘ
significantEvent	Allied occupation of Smyrna ⓘ surface form: Asia Minor Catastrophe of 1922 speech of Ioannis Kolettis in the Greek Parliament in 1844 ⓘ
temporalCoverage	19th century ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ
translation	Great Idea ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ioannis Kolettis → notableFor → Megali Idea doctrine ⓘ

Ioannis Kolettis → proposedConcept → Megali Idea doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Megali Idea

Greek nationalism → relatedTo → Megali Idea doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Megali Idea

Allied occupation of Smyrna → hasCause → Megali Idea doctrine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Megali Idea (Greek irredentist policy)