Assoc. Prof. Hacer Karabağ Arslan

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Sofoklis Venizelos at the Tomb of Osman Gazi

14 July 1920

Sofoklis Venizelos was photographed at the Tomb of Osman Gazi during the occupation of Bursa. Hacer Karabağ Arslan’s 2025 study dates the visit to 14 July 1920 and reads the photograph within the Megali Idea, the Greek ideal of expansion, and the propaganda language of the Turkish National Struggle.

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Greek occupation forces and Major Sofoklis Venizelos outside Bursa.
Greek occupation forces and Major Sofoklis Venizelos outside Bursa.Benaki Museum, Venizelos Archive. Karabağ Arslan, History Studies 17/4 (2025), Image 3, p.928.
Sofoklis Venizelos at the Tomb of Osman Gazi during the occupation of Bursa.
Sofoklis Venizelos at the Tomb of Osman Gazi during the occupation of Bursa.ELIA/MIET, Anastasios Kanellopoulos Collection, L201.025. Karabağ Arslan, History Studies 17/4 (2025), Image 4, p.928.
Propaganda postcard no. 11 from the series Mehmed’s Story.
Propaganda postcard no. 11 from the series Mehmed’s Story.“Kurtuluş Savaşı Kartpostalları: Mehmed’in Hikayesi”, Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi 11/23 (2011), p.198. Karabağ Arslan, History Studies 17/4 (2025), Image 5, p.929.

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