Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A quarter of Constantinople which, after the Turkish conquest of the city, became the chief Greek quarter; hence, the Greek officials of Turkey, or phanariots, as a class.
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Michael Huffington: Turkey Has No Place in the European Union 2009
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Michael Huffington: Turkey Has No Place in the European Union 2009
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