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Greek nationalism

Greek nationalism, otherwise referred to as Hellenic nationalism, refers to the nationalism of Greeks and Greek culture.[1] As an ideology, Greek nationalism originated and evolved in classical Greece.[2][3][4] In modern times, Greek nationalism became a major political movement beginning in the early 19th century, which culminated in the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire.[1]

Greek nationalism became also a potent movement in Greece shortly prior to, and during World War I, when the Greeks, inspired by the Megali Idea, managed to liberate parts of Greece in the Balkan Wars and after World War I, briefly occupied the region of Smyrna before it was retaken by the Turks.[1]


Greek nationalism was also the main ideology of two dictatorial regimes in Greece during the 20th century: the 4th of August Regime (1936–1941) and the Greek military junta (1967–1974). Today Greek nationalism remains important in the Greco-Turkish dispute over Cyprus[1] among other disputes (Greek nationalism in Cyprus).

(1989–)

Greek Unity

(2000–)

Popular Orthodox Rally

(2008–)

Society – Political Party of the Successors of Kapodistrias

(2010–)

National Hope

(2011–)

United Popular Front

(2011–)

National Unity Association

(2012–)

National Front

(2015–)

Popular Greek Patriotic Union

(2016–)

National Unity

(2016–)

New Right

(2016–) (parliamentary)

Greek Solution

(2017–) (parliamentary)

Spartans

(2018–)

Patriotic Radical Union

(2019–) (parliamentary)

Democratic Patriotic Movement

(2019–)

National Popular Consciousness

(2020–)

National Party – Greeks

St. John III Doukas Vatatzes, a Byzantine Emperor known as the "Father of the Greeks".

St. John III Doukas Vatatzes, a Byzantine Emperor known as the "Father of the Greeks".

Traditional flag used from 1769 to the Greek War of Independence.

Traditional flag used from 1769 to the Greek War of Independence.

Flag of the Filiki Eteria (1814), a secret organization which planned to overthrow the Ottoman rule and establish an independent Greek State.[10]

Flag of the Filiki Eteria (1814), a secret organization which planned to overthrow the Ottoman rule and establish an independent Greek State.[10]

Louis Dupré's depiction of Nikolakis Mitropoulos raising his flag at Salona; a scene from the early stages of the Greek War of Independence in 1821.

Louis Dupré's depiction of Nikolakis Mitropoulos raising his flag at Salona; a scene from the early stages of the Greek War of Independence in 1821.

"The Arcadian Holocaust" by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri; scene from the Cretan Revolt (1866–69).

"The Arcadian Holocaust" by Giuseppe Lorenzo Gatteri; scene from the Cretan Revolt (1866–69).

Alexandros Koumoundouros, founder of the Greek Nationalist Party.

Alexandros Koumoundouros, founder of the Greek Nationalist Party.

Pavlos Melas, a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army that was killed during the Macedonian Struggle (1893–1912).

Pavlos Melas, a Greek revolutionary and artillery officer of the Hellenic Army that was killed during the Macedonian Struggle (1893–1912).

Lorentzos Mavilis, a Greek war poet that was killed during the First Balkan War (1912–13).

Lorentzos Mavilis, a Greek war poet that was killed during the First Balkan War (1912–13).

Poster celebrating the "New Greece" after the Balkan Wars.

Poster celebrating the "New Greece" after the Balkan Wars.

Map of "Greater Greece" after the Treaty of Sèvres, featuring Eleftherios Venizelos, when the Megali Idea seemed close to fulfillment.

Map of "Greater Greece" after the Treaty of Sèvres, featuring Eleftherios Venizelos, when the Megali Idea seemed close to fulfillment.

Members of the National Organisation of Youth (EON) hail in presence of Ioannis Metaxas during the 4th of August Regime.

Members of the National Organisation of Youth (EON) hail in presence of Ioannis Metaxas during the 4th of August Regime.

Georgios Grivas, Greek nationalist and leader of Cypriot Enosis movement against British colonial rule.

Georgios Grivas, Greek nationalist and leader of Cypriot Enosis movement against British colonial rule.

Background of the Greek War of Independence

Cyprus problem

Exchange of population between Greece and Turkey

First Hellenic Republic

Kingdom of Greece

Rise of nationalism in the Ottoman Empire

Treaty of Constantinople (1832)

Moles, Ian N. (1969). . Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies. 10 (1): 95–107.

"Nationalism and Byzantine Greece"