Recently a nationalistic list of Turkish victories against the Greeks came to my attention, which had many innacurasies . The list contained victories from the medieval times till the modern era of various "Turkish" tribes including the Huns. I am not gonna make a debate weather those factions were one and the same or if they were Turkish tribes or not. In response I've decided to make a similar list of Greek victories against the Turks from medieval times till the modern era.
408 –
Hunnic invasion of Moesia by Uldin= Byzantine victory
559 – Byzantines
with Belisarius vs Kutrigurs with Khan Zabergan= Byzantine victory
626 - Byzantines
vs Avars Siege of Constantinople = Byzantine victory
1016 - Byzantines
and Russians against the Khazars=Byzantine -Russian victory
1048 - Battle
of Kapetron = Byzantine victory
1069 - Battle
of Iconium= Byzantine victory
1091 - Battle
of Levounion, Byzantines vs Pechenegs= Byzantine victory
1091 - Naval
battle near Chios island vs Chaka bey= Byzantine victory
1092 - Naval
battle of in the sea of marmara vs Chaka bey=Byzantine victory
1094 - Battle
near andrianople, Byzantines vs Cumans= Byzantine victory
1097 - Siege
of Nicaea by Byzantines
and Crusaders = Byzantine and Crusader victory
1117 - Battle
of Philomelion = Byzantine victory
1122 - Battle
of Beroia Byzantines vs Pechenegs= Byzantine victory
1177 - Battle
of Hyelion and Leimocheir = Byzantine victory
1211 - Battle
on Antioch of the meander = Byzantine victory
1223 - Siege
of Trebizond= Byzantine victory
1312 - Battle
of Gallipoli vs Turcopoles= Byzantine victory
1422 -
Siege of Constantinople vs the ottomans= Byzantine victory
1453 - Naval
Battle of Constantinople
5 Byzantine ships vs 75 ottoman ships= Byzantine victory
1790 - Naval
battle in Kafirea with Lambros Katsonis=Greek victory
1821 - Battle
of Gravia Inn , 120 Greeks vs 9000 ottomans=Greek victory
1821 - Battle
of Vassilika =Greek victory
1821 - Battle
of Valtetsi =Greek victory
1821 - Battle
of Doliana =Greek
victory
1822 - Naval
battle of patra =Greek victory
1822 - Battle
of Dervenakia =Greek victory
1822 - Naval
battle of Spetses =Greek victory
1824 - Naval
Battle of Samos =Greek victory
1824 - Naval
Battle of Gerontas =Greek victory
1825 - Battle
of the Lerna Mills =Greek victory
1826 - Battle
of Arachova =Greek victory
1829 - Battle
of Petra =Greek victory
1912 - Battle
of sarantaporo= Greek victory
1912 - Liberation
of Thessalonica= Greek victory
1912 - Battle
of Korytsa= Greek victory
1913 - Battle
of Bizani= Greek victory
1912 - Naval
battle of Elli= Greek victory
1913 - Naval
battle of Lemnos = Greek victory
1919 - Liberation
of Smyrna=Greek victory
1919 - Battle
of Aydın= Greek victory
1921 - Battle
of Kütahya–Eskişehir= Greek victory
Some observations
- In most of the battles both at sea and land the Greek forces were much fewer than the Turkish forces, yet the Greek forces managed to emerge victorious.
- The Byzantine empire had encountered many Turkish tribes and had emerged victorious several times.
- The Byzantine empire lasted for 1.150 years whereas the Ottoman empire for only 600 years.
- WWI Greece and the allies win the war over the central powers and the Ottoman empire
- In 1921 the Greek army reaches Ankara, only 100 years after the Greek revolution.
- Finally the Turks have nearly zero victories over the Greeks in naval battles
