Μάης Βλάστης στο παραδοσιακό πανηγύρι του Αριστοτέλη

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Greece annexed about half of Macedonia in 1912-13. Many ethnic Macedonians were expelled in the process. In 1921-1922, hundreds of thousands of Greek refugees fleeing genocide in Ottoman Turkey were settled in this part of Macedonia, dramatically changing its ethnic makeup. The remaining Macedonians were subjected to multiple cultural and linguistic restrictions. Many were again deported during the Greek Civil War. When Yugoslavia's disintegration led to Macedonia's independence, Greece officially launched a national myth that everything Macedonian is Greek and started punishing independent Macedonia for being its humble self. The renaming of Macedonia under the Prespa treaty is illegal and undemocratic. Greece still denies the existence of ethnic Macedonians anywhere in the world.