The Greeks in Turkey constitute a small population of Greek and Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians who mostly live in Istanbul, as well as on the two islands of the western entrance to the Dardanelles: Imbros and Tenedos. Greeks are one of the four ethnic minorities officially recognized in Turkey by the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne, together with Jews, Armenians, and Bulgarians.
Phanar Greek Orthodox College is a Greek minority school that was founded in the Ottoman Empire in 1454.
Agia Triada Greek Orthodox church in Beyoğlu, Istanbul
Pontian Greek ladies and children of Trebizond, early 20th century
The Greek Kingdom and the Greek diaspora in the Balkans and western Asia Minor, according to Professor G. Soteiriadis, 1919
The Greeks or Hellenes are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world.
Mycenaean funeral mask known as "Mask of Agamemnon", 16th century BC
Alexander the Great, whose conquests led to the Hellenistic Age
Bust of Cleopatra VII (Altes Museum, Berlin), the last ruler of a Hellenistic kingdom (apart from the Indo-Greek Kingdom)
Emperor Basil II (11th century) is credited with reviving the Byzantine Empire.
