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Two Greeks arrested for raising a Greek flag with the Byzantine eagle inside Hagia Sophia, watch video
protothema ^
| 04 16 2026
| Staff
Posted on 04/14/2026 4:08:57 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Two Greek tourists were arrested in Istanbul on Holy Thursday for unfurling a Greek flag with a Byzantine eagle inside Hagia Sophia.
The flag displayed the message "Orthodoxy or Death" and the individuals reportedly shouted slogans within the sacred site.
Security personnel detected the incident via cameras and intervened after the tourists entered as part of an organized group.
The two individuals, one with a Greek passport and another with Greek and Australian passports, were formally arrested on charges of offending a section of the public.
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KEYWORDS: byzantine; byzantineeagle; greece; greekflag; hagia; hagiasophia; notalohasnackbar; orthodoxy; publicitystunt; sophia
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To: yesthatjallen
They sound like trouble makers. Good job that the Turkish police arrested them. A city like Istanbul does not want any disorder.
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:14:33 PM PDT
by
BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: yesthatjallen
Good for them, I guess.
But it’s kinda like raising the old Prussian flag over the city of Königsberg. Because Königsberg isn’t Königsberg anymore. It’s now the Russian city of Kaliningrad.
And the Russians aren’t too fond of the old Prussian flag. So mayhem would necessarily ensue.
To: yesthatjallen
Free Anatolia from the invading settler colonial Turks for its indigenous Greeks!
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:17:25 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Groypers: “Low IQ” - PDJT)
To: BlackVeil
MIGA - Make Istanbul Greek Again.
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:26:18 PM PDT
by
ALPAPilot
To: 05 Mustang GT Rocks; Ad Orientam; alex; antonius; aposiopetic; arielguard; bad company; ...
Orthodox Ping! Save Thy people, O Lord,
and bless Thine inheritance.
Grant victory to Thy Church over her enemies,
and protect Thy people by Thy Holy Cross!
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:28:44 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
To: ALPAPilot
Don’t you mean MICA - Make Istanbul Constantinople Again?
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:28:50 PM PDT
by
sevlex
To: Pontiac
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:31:07 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
To: Uncle Miltie
Might as well free Cypress while we’re at it
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:33:59 PM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
To: yesthatjallen
This makes me want to raise the Gasden flag in Ithaca.
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posted on
04/14/2026 4:51:36 PM PDT
by
JZelle
To: yesthatjallen
Ho-Lee Krappe! Is there an Archduke somewhere?
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posted on
04/14/2026 5:23:54 PM PDT
by
nwrep
To: yesthatjallen
I wept when I toured the Hagia Sophia in 2007. What the Muslims have done to it is a crime.
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posted on
04/14/2026 5:28:25 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
To: yesthatjallen
They might be giants, these men.
To: sevlex
To: lightman
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posted on
04/14/2026 5:48:41 PM PDT
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: BlackVeil
A city like Istanbul does not want any disorder. Muslim ruled cities need some disorder. Time to stir up trouble in Islamic strongholds such as Constantinople, London, and New York City.
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posted on
04/14/2026 5:50:59 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: sevlex
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posted on
04/14/2026 6:03:56 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Beat the Philly fraud machine the Amish did onest, ja? Nein, zweimal they did already!)
To: sevlex
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posted on
04/14/2026 6:04:40 PM PDT
by
No name given
( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
To: yesthatjallen
“arrested on charges of offending a section of the public.”
Can one do anything without offending someone?
To: sevlex
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posted on
04/14/2026 8:09:09 PM PDT
by
Mark was here
(Death to the Mullah, Chappies (woke left) and Mujahideen (commies))
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