i was born in Albania ( Tirana ) but escaped durring the communist era and lived in Greece as a young boy and eventually left to America but during my stay in Greece we stayed in Athens with a family that descended from Albania hundreds of years ago arvinites and it showed me that we are deeply rooted in Greece as a people from long ago. long live Albania! komb e vjeter with deep roots in history

Te lumt Marin bravo ! Emision i shkelqyer !

Zgjohuni, shkollohuni, VEPRONI! 💪❤️🖤🕊️☀️

I am Arvanite from both my parents as well as all of my grandparents side. Arvanites are and have been Christian Orthodox, former citizens of the Eastern Roman / Byzantine Empire. As was the case with all populations / ethnicities of the Balkans and Asia Minor before the Ottoman conquest. I also understand quite a number of words Arvanitika from the years I grew up with my grand parents and I am aware that there are similarities to the Tosk dialect spoken in the southern parts of Albania, which by the way is populated by Greek minorities as well. My Arvanite ancestors had to flee from their city located in today's Southern Albania (Βοσκόπολης, today Voskopojë) in 1772 because it was repeatedly attacked and burnt down by moslem Shqiptars and their Ottoman masters. They escaped to Thrace (today's European part of Turkey) for a better future. Unfortunately, one more time they had to suffer: This time from harassments and prosecutions, murders from the Young Turks in the early years of the 20th century. Belonging to the Christian Orthodox population they had to leave as refugees into the boundaries of today's Greece after the end of the war with Turkey and exchange of populations in 1923. Never ever my Arvanite grand-parents did consider themselves as Albanians. If you would have told them so, you would have run severe risk of being slapped. Arvanites never bowed to moslem masters, they safeguarded their Eastern Roman / Byzantine identity and religion in spite of their sufferings, bravely fought for Greek independence and held top functions in the Greek state up to several Prime Ministers. If there ever has been any commonality between those, who call themselves Albanians today, and Arvanites during the hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods, then our history and identity starts to split irrevocably, at latest, after Kastriotis' death in 1468 and his fight against the Ottomans. Ironically, it is those who largely converted to the religion of their new Ottoman masters thereafter (today's Albanians) that consider him as their national hero.... Has the "documentary" producer ever wondered why Kastriotis' flag had the double headed eagle - Albania's flag of today? He should take a look at the flag of the Byzantine Empire, whose 1.000 years existence ended with the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and conversion of Christendom's biggest cathedral into a mosque by the Ottomans. Modern Albania and double headed eagle...irony here again. I rather accept - apart from Greeks - the Serbians, Russians referring to that symbol as Byzantium's cultural heirs. Latest after Kastriotis' death, Arvanites started standing on opposite sides, they suffered and they fought against what they called from thereon Turkalbanians and their Ottoman masters. So, never anybody call us Albanians. We are not. This for the history. Today, I believe most Arvanites have nothing against Albanians. The vast majority of Albanians integrates very well into Greek society, they are typically honest, hard working people and adapt well to the Greek culture. At least, this is what I can state from my experience

Vazhdoni punën tuaj fisnike Z.Mema, si një shqiptar I vërtetë që jeni. Nderim dhe respekt për JU. 🇦🇱

Ju lumte Marin, dhe gjithe stafit. Episod teper i bukur. Me shkrive me mbylljen 😀

Bravo Zoteri Mema per emisjonin e bukur perkthyer ne Anglisht te vertetat tona Shqiptare vonohen por nuk harrohen 🇦🇱

Faleminderit per dokumentarin Marin .

Thank you for translating in English

Thank you Top Channel, being an Arbereshë American, I Iove the positive ethnic Albanian historical figures that you give credence to.

Shqipërinë e kanë përdorur evropa për nevojat e veta për ta coptuar për greqinë, serbinë, edhe italinë por italia e la se e pa që eshtë e pamundur ta mbajë shqipërinë…

I am Albanian myself. And I love a lot scholars and historians that has brought in life all these facts as this video is bringin. One thing I always question myself. If Albanian language is 7,800 years old, and albanian language is among the oldest language not just in Europe, but in the world, how come that for over 7,600 years, Albanians were unable to create their own alphabet to educate and write for themself their own history? What was missing for so long among albanian speakers not be able to develop their own written alphabet? When on west they had the Romans, and in south they had the Greeks!

Bravo Marin 👏👏👏 Si gjithmonë,,,👏👏👏👏👏

Të lumt Martin, Bota ka nevoj për historin e vërtetë. Ajo që më pëlqen se keni vë edhe Përkthimin ne ENGLISH👍🏻👍🏻🇦🇱

Respekte Marin💪🦅👑🇦🇱, interpretim dhe dokumentar i shkelqyer si perher,, te ndjekim me shum interes e respekt per historine e Kombit Arberor, "Nena trime e Evropes" qe nje dit do ngrihet ne piedestalin Evropian te rifitoje respektin 💪🦅👑🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

Që të quhesh ''grek'' , duhet sëpari të jesh shqiptar. -Aristidh Kola

"It has been reported that at the end of the 20th century some Christian Albanians still used the term "TURK" to refer to Muslim Albanians. " Matvey Lomonosov, "On Albanian Identity in the Late Ottoman Empire", Porta Balkanica, vol. 5, 2013, p.12

Marin Mema historian from Lidl stores.

Αrvanites and south Albanians have Greek origin. North Albanians were many ethnicities.

O Marin o flori ,o thesari yne .Sa me pelqen ta degjoj zerin ,Menyra se si e tregon historine te ben pervete.,,Respektet e mia ,

Duke degjuar këte dokumentar nga I madhi Marin Mema , me mbetet veç te them ! Marini I madh i koheave moderne 🙏

To all our friends Albanians who are still able to think logically: if the story is how you are told -80% Arvanites in Peloponnese , nearly 100 % of revolution leaders and first prime ministers Arvatites , have you ever thought how in hell is it possible for a Greek speaking “minority” to assimilate and suppress the majority especially when all the leaders of the state were Arvanites as you say? If you still believe that , give the blame to Arvanites who made their choice and not to the rest of Greeks. There are many more lies in that film which made me laugh, but what I am trying to say is that they are not telling you the truth. Yes , there were Arvanites in Greece , but your media inflate too much their numbers and contribution. Unfortunately , Turkey is again using you against your cousins the Greeks like they used you back then. They have thrown a lot of money to your corrupt politicians and your elite to promote this propaganda against your neighbors.

Well that's a question I've been asking for years! In voiotia we arvanites have actually made ourselves identify as greek,i have been raised knowing I'm greek even though my great grandma spoke mostly arvanitika,my grandparents too,my mother understands albanian people. Nonetheless no one ever taught our generation the language. How could i learn arvanitika in today's world?

Zoti te bekoft MARIN MEMA 🙏❤ Ti je krenaria e gjakut te paster SHQIPTAR 🌾🦅🌾 Gjuha jon asht e shkrueme me gjiak e ne GUR .🏔🦅🏔kurr nuk des .🌾🦅🌾

Shqiperia eshte vendi me i bukur ne Planetin Toke dhe kte e thojne te gjithe Blogeret e huaj qe e kane vizituar Shqiperine 🙏🙏🇦🇱❤️🇦🇱❤️

Faleminderit Marin Mema

Language identify is not the same as national identity

Arvanites = albanian speaking Christian Greek Orthodox. Turkalvanoi= albanian speaking muslims. The religion divided them, and the war was between them . The Christians hated the muslims ( especially albanian speaking muslims, as they were traitors, converted to islam, to gain power over the Christians). And the Christians won! Greek speaking and albaniann speaking, all together, were defining themselves, as greeks, by their own will, cause christianity united them. Any questions?

Hey, Europe, can you hear us. That's reality. You can not hide reality.

Sa bukur me titra anglisht. Bravo Marin

"The Arvanites were considered equally Greek with the Cretans, the Maniots and the Phanariotes, especially if they participated in the Revolution from the right side. The Souliotes, who lived quite isolated, were considered also from the beginning not just simply Greeks, but exemplary Greeks." Aristides Hatzis, "The Noblest Cause: The 1821 Greek War of Independence", p.p. 108 Greeks 🇬🇷

"The coastal Himara region of Southern Albania has always had a predominantly ethnic Greek population." "Albania: The state of a nation". ICG Balkans Report N°111. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010

I think because albania hasn't got alot of recognition from the world they are trying to say that the albanian blood is glorious like the ancient greeks were.The arvanits were brave christian albanians who fled albania to go to christian greece where they felt more at home and along with greeks fought the muslim turks. With many of them being heroes.

It's quite new to me as a Greek living in London,but it looks like many of the heroes of the Greek war of independence were Arvanites ,they were more Greek than the Greeks themselves some say.If that's true it is shame that the Greek nation does not honour and recognise their language and contributon

"The few ALBANIAN units raised to fight during the developments of the Greco-Italian War (1940-1941) alongside the Italian Army mostly "EITHER DESERTED OR FLED IN DROVES"." Fischer, Bernd Jürgen (1999). Albania At War, 1939-1945. West Lafayette, IN: Purdue University Press, pp. 78-79 LOL

Freedom to Northern Epirus from the albanian occupation.

The most famous Arvanitis for the albanians was Napoleon Zervas !! buhahahhaaa!!!

"Included under the generic name of Arnauts, it was recruited from Roumeliote Greeks, Albanians, Bulgarians and Servians, who acted as body-guards to the princes, the great functionaries, and even the simple Boyards." Gordon Thomas, History of the Greek revolution, 1844, London & Edinburgh, 2nd edition, volume 1, page 95.

the Arvanites are old immigrants to Greece from areas that back then had a mixed population. Although they preserved their language, they also assimilated into the mainstream Greek culture. So although they have ties to the territory that now is called Albania, they are an integral part of Greece and Hellenism. To say that the Arvanites are Albanian is like saying that Human Beings are Chimpanzees. They are related but not the same. By the way, contrary to the Greeks who for thousands of years have lived in Albania and are being ethnically cleansed, the Arvanites have done very well in Greece and are considered Greeks by everyone in Greece.

Bravo vllaçko😊

Albanians. The language Proves

We arvanites we consider ourselves ALBANIANS we are more Albanian than Albanians but Greek government force Arvanites to forget the truth to forget language and traditions

Dear Markel, thank you for the clarification. Our prime minister here in Australia is descended from those Arbereshe of Italy. My concern is only that the albanian government has a military alliance with turkey. Albanian people are people just like us.

Emision shume I bukur Bravo Marino.

Arvanitas ❤❤

Bravo Marin per emisjonin,por ne qe kemi qënë në greqi e dimë shumë mire sa shumë arvanitas janë ne greqi, por a do te vi nje ditë që arvanitasit të kerkojnë nënshtetsi shqiptare?

Moj e bukura More!!!

Mr. Rozafari a genetic study of Peloponnesian Hellenes undertaken in 2017 showed that the people of that region are related to southern Italians & Sicilians: areas that used to be called Greater Greece in the ancient times. Gjurme is relying on Falmareyre's thesis which has been discredited a long time ago. The Christian Albanians fought for our country's independence & we are very proud of them & owe them our eternal gratitude. Karaiskakis has a name that only has meaning in Albanian language. My Greek tutor at university taught me that. What is there to be ashamed of? Albanian people have been migrating into Greece from ancient times. Why is everyone now so nationalistic?

They will chase you and the rocks. Mavromichalis and Kapodistrias, Arvanite? Kolokotronis Arvanite? He has left us his memoirs!!!

Arvanites 🇬🇷 and rest of the Greeks, we faught against Turkalbanians ibrahjim, Ali Pasha and other ottomans and freed Hellas

Hellenes were not all blonde & blue eyed Mr. Bilali. You are following Falmareyer's thesis which has been discredited decades ago. Orthodox faith is not a language but a religion. Nobody is forcing you to identify as a Hellene if you do not want to. There is nothing wrong with being Albanian or anything else. My best friend here is a patriotic Turk! I went to university with Sezar Jakupi.

23,32 ΖΗΤΩ ΟΙ ΗΡΩΕΣ ΤΟΥ 1821 ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ ΑΘΑΝΑΤΗ

Ελλάδα παντού ακόμα και η Αλβανία ήταν ελληνική

Δεν υπαρχει θεμα ερωτησεως και ΦΥΣΙΚΑ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΕΛΛΗΝΕΣ.

"There were no noticeable Albanian - speaking communities in the cities of the Albanian coast throughout the Middle Ages. Durrës was inhabited by the Venetians, Greeks, Jews, and Slavs; Shkodra by the Venetians and Slavs; and Vlora by the Byzantine Greeks. Names of towns and rivers in Albania, always a good indicator of settlement patterns, are to a surprising extent Slavic. It is thought that a considerable proportion of the Albanians had already been assimilated by the eve of the Turkish invasion." Robert Elsie - Historical Dictionary of Albania 2010 , 2nd Edition 20 : 44/40 : 17- Documents About Skanderbeg > Was Skanderbeg ? Factual Data Exposes The Hidden Truth

Nuk ke thënë diçka tjetër për Kolokotronin! Edhe emri që ka tani është pseudonim! Nga shqip (Bithëguri) ja bënë greqisht (Kolokotroni) mbiemrin e (Teodor Bithëgurit) Ja ndërruan mbiemrin vetëm për një qëllim, që të harrohet, ose të zhduket prejardhja e tij arbërore.

Sooner or later, everyone will know the truth💪

Arvanites are racially Greek from north Epirus, they also had no issues slaughtering Albanian Turks during 1821

Bravo Marin je gjignd ivertet

The place called Greece never existed before as we know it today. The people who live in so called Greece today used to be called "Romej" during Byzantine Empire and "Raja" during Ottoman Empire times (except the Arvanitas who used to be called always by their name like "Albani", "Arbanoi", etc.) and the name "Greece" never existed during Byzantine times. The people who live in the so called Greece today are NOT the descendants of ancient Greece (as the world history knows it). That ancient culture and civilization, unfortunately went extinct times ago, like many other ancient civilizations (like Latin civilization as well, language of which is spoken only in the certain official religious ceremonies in Vatican today and for international medical terminology). During Ottoman times in the Balkans, after the big powers pushed for an uprising in the place that today is called "Greece", an independent country was formed in 1821-1832. The majority of the population there was of Arvanitas (and Chameria) stock, they also were the backbone of the uprising for independence from the Ottoman Empire. The rest of the minority population was of Slav, Turks and Aromanian stock. After the gain of independence the place was so divided, and with a prolonged civil war that a real country could not be formed. Fearing the disintegration of the place after Ottomans left (and possibility of a return of the Ottomans), Prince Otto of Germany was brought in by European powers to clear the mess and do nation - building there. He was proclaimed King of the place by big powers and given plenipotentiary powers. The Price Otto royal family in Germany happen to be an admirer of the ancient civilizations, one of them being the extinct ancient Greek civilization, traces and archeological findings of which are also seen in that region called today "Greece" as well. Being an ancient history romantic and buff, Otto came up with the idea, that the only way to keep the place together and for a chance to build a country there, was to adopt/impose some kind of neutral/foreign ancient language and culture for all people living in that place, that will make possible for the people to stick together under one language and culture imposed on them. So with a special royal decree, he proclaimed a version of the ancient Greek (the easier one to be taught and learned by people there in those times) as an official language of the place, and also came up with the new name for the place, calling it with a special royal decree "Greece". Everything else was banned, and the new "country" formed, was ordered to be rebuild anew in resemblance of the old romantic view of the ancient Greek civilization, starting with the buildings, names of people, places, cities and villages, regions, mountains, fields and all were changed to made-up names loaned by the ancient literature of ancient Greek civilization. This of course was associated with money brought by European powers to rebuild. The more people in that place agreed with the change of their true national and ethnic identity and declare themselves artificially "Greeks/Helenes" and adopt to the new order, the more money was to be pouring in. Naturally, the strongest resistance to this artificial and made-up solution, was made by the Arvanitas (and Chameria), but at no avail. It is legendary, the loss by one vote in the Price Otto's Parliament of that time, of Arvanitas proposal to have the Albanian (Arvanite) language as an official language of the place called 'Greece" today, and to call the new country "Arvanoi" (instead of "Greece"). There is plenty of scientific and factual evidence, archival and historical documents, as well as studies and publications by major authors and authorities in the field about as above. One interesting fact here, is that one of the earlier German/Austrian well known historians and scientists of that time, Fallmerayer, alerted Prince Otto and others to this nonsense, of declaring a whole people and place by a name not belonging to them, and injecting an extinct language, culture and civilization on people who had no idea about it and did not belong to it at all. Well, Fallmerayer may have proven to be right. By the way, Fallmerayer, is a banned figure and historian in what is called Greece today. Germany is still paying for the Otto's mistake, even today. It has gotten stuck with the country so called "Greece". It is now forced to pour free money, even today, out of Germany's pocket (through European Union as well) year after year to keep it alive and going, as this "Greece" cannot stand on its own. It is an artificial creation of Prince Otto's fantasy (a "zombie" country so to speak), and the new generations of the Germans and Europeans are continuing to pay the price for it. Moreover, what Prince Otto did back then, is tantamount to ethnic cleansing. He forced inhabitants of a whole region/place (called "Greece" today) to change by force their culture, language, national and ethnic identity to something else that those people were not, so they could artificially change in order to look modern and civilized (like ancient Greeks in Otto's personal view) and possibly be united. And of course, Arvanites and Chams (as the majority population in the region) suffered mostly from this ethnic cleansing. All this revelation, informs another major point: history taught about what today is called Greece, it appears to be taught wrong. People are wrongly taught in schools that today's Greece and its people are the direct descendants of ancient Greeks. Greece and Greeks of today, in some extend, also think they are superior to others just because they are called "Greeks" and their country "Greece" by decree (not by the virtue of the truth). They also seem to believe for some reason, they are entitled to the German and European money being handed out to them. The school textbooks and historiography should change, telling people the truth as it is. And with this, will come many other changes, in the way we see relations with the country called "Greece" today

Marin , pse nuk beheni 3- 4 historiane si Elena kocaqi, Sazan Guri, Agron Dalipaj dhe ju, the te shkoni ne Athine the te debatoni me historianet greke. Dhe te vihet ne vend historia e vertete.

O Marin Mema po ti e MERITON NI STATUJE per sgjalli.. Shpirt tka Shqiptaria ty❤️🇦🇱

Most countries in europe are of mixed blood take England who were invaded by vikinks saxos and normans.Its now called england but they are mostly saxon blood.what matters is the identity .Greece for example is greek orthodox has a blue and white flag democratic and represents ancient greece .Doesnt matter where the blood comes from.Take the usa who are they but its the usa

Greek government guidelines don't accept minority groups, But ask for minority number in Albanian territories, This is not right and must be taken to court and European Parliament.

Let's make something clear that the Greek Arvanite has nothing to do with the Albanian and the Turkish-Albanian!! And we discover this from the etymology of words (the etymology of Greek words always gives us the answer) The name Albanian = White country and comes from the Latin Alba = which means white country, so it is a term with a geographical and not an ethnological meaning (see Caucasus, that's where the Romans brought them, after all, from the kingdom of Albania) While Arvanitis originates from Arvanon (which refers to the Suliotes, the Spesiotes, the Hydrians and many inhabitants of Messogeia) it comes from a completely different root and specifically it is a toponym of northern Epirus that we find from the 11th century in the writings of Anna Komneni. Arvanitika is a Greek dialect mixed with ancient Greek, Latin, Turkish and local Balkan linguistic elements. The Arvanites had a Greek conscience, while most Albanians were Turkish, hence the word Turko-Albanian! The confusion of the two words is only in the Greek language because they seem to sound alike, the similarity is only superficial, after all the Albanians themselves call themselves Skipetar (Shqiptar), that is, from their country, Skiperia (Shqipëria), the land of eagles! The only relevant thing between the Greek Arvanites and the Shqiptar is that they understood some words from the other, but they never had and have the same national consciousness. The Arvanites of Greece, having their roots in the ancient Greek Arvanos, never accepted the term Albanians as their ethnonym, as the Souliotes and the Himareans and the Spathiotes and all the Northern Epirotians do to this day. They have always declared that they are Greek Arvanites. This means that behind the ethnonym Albanians and the patronymic Arvanitis there are two different peoples, the Albanians and the Greeks. This is to clarify the irregularity as far as the similarity of the words is concerned, but the ultimate goal is the Greek consciousness that exists among the Greek Arvanites! The British professor P. Trudgill after on-site research finds that: "The people themselves are referred, not as Albanians, but as Arvanites, sing: Ἀρβανίτης" : Arvanitis'

Ju lumtë

Shkolla esht tembeli shtetit . Nese don me ndertue shtetit respect.

The Arvanites were a bilingual Christian population from Illyrian origin with a Greek national consciousness. They constituted 11% of the population in 1821 in the Greek revolution. They fought bravely on the side of the Greeks against the Turks and the Turkalbanians and are duly honored by the Greek state. They also took part and expelled the traitorous Cham from Greece. This is the historical truth, the rest is Turkalbanian misery. The Shqiptarians are not real Albanians . Albanians - Illyrians from Arvanon ,Albanopolis are only the Arvanites and Arberesh .The Shqiptarians came in the area of today Albania in the 7-8th century from Mysia ,Dacia,speaking a similar paleobalcanic language. They were all called Albanians by the Byzantines. You are only Shqiptarians and this is not bad.

"We remark that the term "Albanian" is NOT AN ETHNIC qualification but, as the terms "Zouave" and "Dragon", is used as GENERIC to certain corps of infantry, formations of mercenaries recruited among Christians of Turkey. The Albanian Regiments were used also by the Italians and the French". Bode, Andreas (1975). «Albaner und Griechen als Kolonisten in Neurussland"», Beitrage zur Kenntnis Sudosteuropas und des Nahen Orients, Munchen, vol. 16 (1975), pp. 29-35

If you knew me Mr. Bilali you would know I am a scholar & a gentleman. That is why I do not use "words" like shite. Do you know that one ignoramus said that Skanderbey was greek because he had a greek name & I replied that back in the days of Byzantine empire having a greek name did not prove you were greek ethnically. Was Constantine Kotsifas pretending to be a Hellene when he was murdered? Or is it that many albanians are pretending to be turks? Our minorities are a bridge to bring us closer together & to live in peace & brotherhood. Do you desire peace?

Hahhaa how arvanites Greek arvanites mother language is albanian arvanites speak albanian costums are albanian, I never hear greks speak albanian

Born and raised in Greece. Family born and raised in Greece for 600 years and before that in Byzantine Epirus, Roman Epirus and ancient Greek Epirus for thousands of years. Albanian historians: "You are Albanian"! Logic 😂

Flm Marin Mema per punen e palodhshme, ma shum po mesojm prej teje se ne shkolla e nga qeverit tona mafjoze, zoti te rujt vlla

Last October, Council of Europe's mission visited Albania and formed a Center for Ethnic Research in Tirana. In April 2002, the Center delivered a questionnaire of 33 questions to the Albanian population all over the country. "The results of this research show that about one million or 35% of the total population in the country are members of minorities. This makes Albania a multiethnic state," said the Director of the Center for Ethnic Research in Tirana, Kimet Fetahu. LOL

Greqia duhet ta njoh minoritetin Shqiptare Arvanitasit jane Shqiptar ashtu si Kosovaret dhe Arbereshet 🇦🇱

The situation is the same in Aegean Macedonia. Older people still speak Macedonian, but the younger are all converted into Greeks. Greece is a nation built uppon graves of foreighn peoples.

Je i madh! Te past shqiperia

"The ethnonym "Albanian", where it is found in medieval sources, has one of the following meanings: a) Someone who speaks Albanian, b) someone from the geographical area of Albania, REGARDLESS OF THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN, and c) a man of the mountains and the countryside." Schmitt Jens Oliver (2009), Skanderbeg: Der neue Alexander auf dem Balkan, pp. 353, 354

Εγώ ένα ξέρω ότι οι Αρβανίτης πολέμησαν τούς Τουρκοαλβανούς άρα στήν Αλβανία ή περισσότεροι είναι Τούρκοι κ Marie χαιρετισμούς

"The language of the Albanians is unformed and adulterated. In many areas Italian elements have been incorporated into the language, in others Greek and in others Slavonic. Therefore Albanians who live fifty or sixty miles apart do not understand each other. In addition, there are racial differences between the Gegs who live in the wild north and the Tosks in the less rugged south. One would say that they belong to different ethnicities. And indeed this is the case. It would be easy to prove that the Albanians are not one people but half a dozen peoples." Sir John Foster Fraser, "Pictures from the Balkans", CHAPTER XXIV. THE ALBANIANS, p. 257-258)

Faleminderit Marin!!🇦🇱🇦🇱🇦🇱

Mr. Zanatis sometimes i can tell an albanian from a greek but sometimes i cannot; but why is this progarm insinuating that greeks & albanians are enemies?

This channel has full of your Albanian propagandas

Ειμαι Αρβανιτισσα,ειμαι ΕΛΛΗΝΙΔΑ!

What is wrong with us being from Asia Minor? Are you a racist Mr. Bilali?

I Madhi Marin Mema qe i jep leksjon gjith Shqiptarise Per Historin e te pareve tane

You are correct Elinda. Like all Balkan countries Greece did not treat its ethnic minorities with respect. (The Vlachs were always Greek patriots but Greece never allowed them to teach their language in any national schools). Greece is changing. Recently the courts upheld the right of organisations to teach the "Macedonian" language in Greece. The corrupt government of Albania is bulldozing the homes of the Greeks in Albania & selling the land to Eddy Rame's tourist developer friends. Considering that so many Albanians came to Greece, worked hard & did well for themselves why is your government doing this?

Gjuha greke eshte sjedhur voone ne greqin e shqyptareve. Por Mos harroni se grek turk russe serbe punojn bashke per te coptuar tokat shqyptare.

80% of the villages were Albanic??? In Mani were Albanians?? Petro Mavromichali was Arvanitis?? Kapodistria was Arvanitis???nonsense...you put many lies among truths . Never were albanians in Mani ,only some villages in eastern Lakonia The Arvanites were mainly in north east Peloponnese and after the revolution the 30% of the population in modern Greek state

Arvanitasit jane shqiptare ata flasin gjuhen shqipe si gjuhe e nenes

People confuse being Albanian with being Greek. Albania is an ethnic country, which four official religions, kinda like Yugoslavia. It also recognizes ethnic minorities. Greece is a religious country. Like the Byzantine empire, it does not care about ethnicity. As long as you're Orthodox Christian and speak Greek, you're Greek, otherwise you can't be Greek. It does not recognize ethnic minorities. So, ethnically Arvanites are Albanian, but nationally they're Greeks.

ALBANIAN FOREWER ❤

Arvanit came formojn greqin antike è greqin e zotit. ❤👑🇦🇱❤👑🇦🇱

O Marin je Njish🇦🇱jep nji Emision per Nikola Teslen se na cmenen kta serbet thon qe esht Serb duke qen puro Shqiptar veshur me kostum Shqiptar kta thon esht serb esht si me i then deles dhi🤔

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Kjo teme as nuk duhet diskutuar. Jan Shqiptare.

Visconti Prasca blamed the DEFEAT on the POOR QUALITY of the albanian Soldiers based on the fact that an ENTIRE [N@zi-formed] albanian Regiment had been DECIMATED by the Greeks in Epirus !!! 🇬🇷✊🏻

Duhet shkrojtur shqipja Edhe me alfabetin te ashtuquajtur grek, per ta bere me thjeshte mesimin e shqipes nga arvanitet.

Të lumtë. Shqiptarëve iu duhet e vërteta…Zë TJERËVE PLAQKA…

Maybe they come back