This question has two parts.
The first asks why Turks hate themselves. The Turks are quite proud of the ancestry and their heritage. Many wave the Turkish flag proudly as a symbol of their unity and prosperity. So, since Turks do not hate themselves, there is no reason to say why they would do so.
The second is the Turkish-Greek Issue. The Turkish view is that it was the Turkish Empire, the Ottomans who brought civilization back to Greece. While it is true that the Greeks did have a wonderful civilization in the 500s-200s BCE, by the 1400s, Greece was a backwater. The Byzantine civilization was crippled, Venetians controlled parts of the Greek archipelago, and pirates predominated in the eastern Mediterranean. The Ottomans brought law, order, and justice to these new territories. They also permitted the Greeks to keep their faith, which was something the Greeks would not be willing to do in return. More recently, Turks are furious about the how the Greeks launched a holy war to liberate Greece, what else would you call it when Patriarchs bless flags and soldiers to fight in the name of the Church. There were numerous violent attacks throughout the Ottoman Empire and the Greek Revolt also led to independence movements throughout the Balkans leading to the destruction of an empire which had endured for nearly three centuries. Finally, Greeks still champion the manifest-destiny type Megali Idea which would see some of the most prized Turkish territory (like Istanbul) given over to non-Turks.
They call themselves Turks after the bird or foul turkey. ^_^
in the mirror ;D
A Turks Islander.......
Greece became a monarchy after rebelling against the Ottoman Empire in 1821. King Otto of Bavaria was installed as the first monarch of modern Greece in 1832 following a period of political instability.
The majority of the population in Greece is ethnically Greek, making up around 98% of the population. There are also small minority groups such as Albanians, Turks, and Romani people.
Lord Byron funded a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in Greece. He was inspired by the Greek people's fight for independence from Turkish rule and supported their cause by financing and participating in the Greek War of Independence.
The Byzantine Empire had been growing steadily smaller and weaker for centuries, but it was finally defeated altogether by the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Yes.
Turks
NO. Greece and Turkey are two separate countries that border each other. Greeks and Turks have a centuries-long blood-feud which has barely been put to rest, so it is offensive to many Greeks and Turks to confuse the two countries.
because it was conquered by the ottoman turks, that is what they call themselves.
The Turks (or rather, the Ottoman Empire) ruled over the Balkan countries, such as Greece, Rumania and former Yugoslavia, and over Egypt and large streches of the North African coastal areas.