Megali Idea definition
Megali Idea means Great Idea in English. The term was invented by Ioannis Kolettis, who was appointed Prime Minister in 1844 in Greece. Then, politics of personality being popular in Greece, Kolettis constantly referred to this concept that Greeks must be reunited by annexing Ottoman territories adjacent to the republic. For further details on the evolution and the development of Megali Idea, see Richard Clogg, A Concise History of Greece, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992), pp. 47-99.