Egej is the region of Greece under Greek occupation since the London treaty ( after the 1st Balkan war ) , Bucharest treaty ( after the second Balkan war ) & Versailles treaty ( after WW1 ) . Historically the region had always been part of the Kingdom of Macedon ( from 10000bc until 148bc when the Roman Empire conquered it ) . Greece never even had a claim on the territory until they made the first claims of 'Greater Greece' in the late 19th century. This territory consisted of Egej , ( Macedonian ) , Iperos ( Albanian ) Thrace (claimed by Thracians - who were declining in numbers and were massacred by the Greeks in 1918-20 - , Turkey & Bulgaria ) , Cyprus ( Turkish but occupied by the British Empire from 1918 ) & Turkey minus Kurdish claimed regions ( Which They failed to take )
Egej is the region of Greece under Greek occupation since the London treaty ( after the 1st Balkan war ) , Bucharest treaty ( after the second Balkan war ) & Versailles treaty ( after WW1 ) . Historically the region had always been part of the Kingdom of Macedon ( from 10000bc until 148bc when the Roman Empire conquered it ) . Greece never even had a claim on the territory until they made the first claims of 'Greater Greece' in the late 19th century. This territory consisted of Egej , ( Macedonian ) , Iperos ( Albanian ) Thrace (claimed by Thracians - who were declining in numbers and were massacred by the Greeks in 1918-20 - , Turkey & Bulgaria ) , Cyprus ( Turkish but occupied by the British Empire from 1918 ) & Turkey minus Kurdish claimed regions ( Which They failed to take )
Egej is the region of Greece under Greek occupation since the London treaty ( after the 1st Balkan war ) , Bucharest treaty ( after the second Balkan war ) & Versailles treaty ( after WW1 ) . Historically the region had always been part of the Kingdom of Macedon ( from 10000bc until 365bc when the Roman Empire conquered it ) . Greece never even had a claim on the territory until they made the first claims of 'Greater Greece' in the late 19th century. This territory consisted of Egej , ( Macedonian ) , Iperos ( Albanian ) Thrace (claimed by Thracians - who were declining in numbers and were massacred by the Greeks in 1918-20 - , Turkey & Bulgaria ) , Cyprus ( Turkish but occupied by the British Empire from 1918 ) & Turkey minus Kurdish claimed regions ( Which They failed to take ) .
The homeland of the actual Greek people was much smaller original , as Iperos was a break of state of the declining Illyria [ early Albania ] ; Kentriki Makedonia [central Macedonia] , Diktiki Makedonia [west Macedonia] , and the western part of Antoliki Makedonia Kai Thraki [east Macedonia and Thrace ] was part of the kingdom of Makedon which also included modern day Blageovgrad in Bulgaria and the modern day republic of Macedonia ; the central & western part of Antoliki Makedonia Kai Thraki [east Macedonia and Thrace ] was inhabited by NON hellenic Thracians [related to Thessalians and Dacians ] ; the kingdom of Thessaly was inhabited by NON Hellenic Thessalians [ related to Thracians & Dacians ] and the majority of the Agean Islands was inhabited by Turkic peoples living in kingdoms similar to those on the mainland of modern day Greece and Turkey . Contrary to those claims by radical right wing Greeks , Turkey WAS inhabited by Turks . The Spartans massacred the Turks in the Agean Islands after the pelopenesian war , massacred the Thracians in 1833 after taking Thrace of the Otomans , and did the same in 1912-13 under theBucharest treaty to the Albanians , Macedonians & Thracians .