Austrian MP Ewald Stadler adresses Turkish Ambassador

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He better watch his back, many politicians are in hiding,
artists, for fear of being stabbed and murdered on the
street like others. Netherlands comes to mind.

Austrian MP Ewald Stadler adresses Turkish Ambassador

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRmgI_WXff0

updated to working link, if it goes down again, just search for it,
this is an amazing video, totally blasts hypocrite Turks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0UnTgYuC8A


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0UnTgYuC8A

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LAST OFFICE HOLDER OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE


Patriarch Feels "Crucified" in Turkey (1/2)

dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHiqidzKNx0

updated to working link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmljeuDBt2g


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmljeuDBt2g




Patriarch Feels "Crucified" in Turkey (2/2)

dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiFfPkUwm5Y

updated to working link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTyg17HZAvg


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTyg17HZAvg

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1453

550 years from the end of Byzantine Empire:

Remembering Constantinople / Tribute to Constantinos XI Paleologos

QUOTES, May 30th 2003

Constantine Palaiologos,
The Last Emperor of the Romans.

Various Quotes Compiled

"Western Europe has been slow to recognize its debt to Byzantium. The
emergent nations of the western Empire surpassed the Greeks in material
power and commercial enterprise from the 13th century onwards, but they did
so behind the shield of Constantinople's walls. Byzantium bore the brunt of the
Muhammadan invasions, from the Arabs to the Ottoman Turks, and served as
a breakwater which enabled the west to turn the tide. There were other
incalculable debts; the preservation of classical literature and Roman law; the
systematic study of history, the foundation of universities and the promotion of
science, the rise of monasticism and missionary activity; the evolution of
religious art and architecture which left their mark not only on Italy but in the
Norman West. In return, the West sent to Byzantium its Crusaders and
traders, between whom it is hard to distinguish for unscrupulous rapacity. It is
little wonder that many Greeks accepted the Turkish conquest not only as a
punishment for the heretical union of 1439, but as a merciful release from Latin
domination."

Modern Greece, A Short History
by C.M. Woodhouse

On 29 May 1453, the holy and imperial city of Constantinople fell to the
Ottoman Turks. For eleven centuries Constantinople had been the center of
civilization. It had been the capital of a glorious Empire and had been
established by Saint Constantine the Great for the "glory of God."
Constantinople and the Empire of New Rome nurtured the doctrines and
teachings of Christianity and preserved Classical Greek literature.

What all Christians believe today was formulated by the Greek Fathers of the
Church. Saint John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Cyril of Alexandria, Gregory
the Theologian, and John of Damascus were among the Bishops and Saints
who upheld the correct doctrines of Christianity and repudiated heresy. The
holy fathers lived and taught not only in Constantinople, but in Cappadocia and
other cities and regions of Asia Minor such as Nicea, Ephesus, and Calcedon.
All these lands upon which Christian civilization was built, and upon which
Hellenism survived for three thousand years are permanently lost and occupied
by Muslim Turks.

Constantinople, "Queen of the Cities." once ruled by Greek Orthodox
Emperors and filled with Churches, Monasteries, and Cathedrals renowned for
their splendor is now an overpopulated Turkish City and breeding ground for
Islamic fundamentalists. On a black Tuesday five hundred and fifty years ago,
the city fell to the forces of Islam and despite the hopes and dreams of the
Greek nation, the conquest of the Turks was never reversed.

"Blocked from Europe by the impregnable walls of Constantinople and the
unyielding spirit of the Emperor and his people, the armies of the Prophet were
obliged to travel the entire length of the Mediterranean to the Straits of
Gibraltar before they could invade the continent-thus extending their lines of
communication and supply almost to breaking point and rendering impossible
any permanent conquests beyond the Pyrenees. Had they captured
Constantinople in the seventh century rather than the fifteenth, all Europe-and
America-might be Muslim today."

Byzantium, the Early Centuries
by John Julius Norwich

The Emperor Constantinos XI Palaiologos ultimately proved himself a worthy
and honorable leader. Internationally isolated and abandoned he was left with
5,000 Greek soldiers to face an Ottoman army of at least 80,000. In addition
to the Greeks, 2,000 Italian Catholics arrived to fight for Constantinople.

The Fall of Constantinople 1453
by Sir Steven Runciman

In this battle you must stand firm and have no fear, no thought of
flight, but be inspired to resist with ever more Herculean strength. Animals may
run away from animals. But you are men, men of stout heart, and you will hold
at bay these dumb brutes, thrusting your spears and swords into them, so that
they will know that they are fighting not against their own kind but against the
masters of animals.

You men of Genoa, men of courage and
famous for your infinite victories, you who have always protected this city, your
mother, in many a conflict with the Turks, show now your prowess and your
aggressive spirit toward them with manly vigor. You men of Venice, most
valiant heroes, whose swords have many a time made Turkish blood to flow

The Immortal Emperor
by Donald Nicol

"God forbid that I should live an Emperor without an Empire. As my city falls, I
will fall with it." "Whoever wished to escape, let him save himself if he can; and
whoever is ready to face death, let him follow me!"

The Crescent and the Cross
by David Dereksen

"His father Manuel II, when the Turks were at the gates of Constantinople in
1397, had uttered this prayer: "Lord Jesus Christ let it not come to pass that
the great multitude of Christian people should hear it said that it was in the days
of the Emperor Manuel that the city, with all its sacred and venerable
monuments of the faith, was delivered to the infidel. This was the ultimate
misfortune of his son Constantine Palaiologos, the Last Emperor of the
Romans. He had prayed that he might be killed rather than live to see the
consequences. He was fortunate only in that his last prayer was answered."

The Immortal Emperor
by Donald Nicol


http://gold-silver.us/forum/general-discussion/no-drama-but-so-long-for-awhile/msg139611/#msg139611

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Some related information.
I don't see anything wrong with wiki as source on this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_the_Great

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_renaissance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_wars_in_Europe


BANNER OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, AUSTRIA,
the double headed eagle of Byzantium, taking over
after it was destroyed and occupied, the Germans
and Russians claimed it as well, history and legacy,
Serbs as well among others.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28after_1400%29. svg/220px-Banner_of_the_Holy_Roman_Emperor_%28after_1400%29. svg.png

http://i51.tinypic.com/kcnh2a.jpg