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Sailors of the British Mediterranean fleet waiting at the port to get back on their ships after a short general leave. From The Illustrated London News, 1895. 

View of the port of Thessaloniki with the ships of the British fleet, from the Hospital roof. From: The Illustrated London News, 1895.    

Ottoman forces disembark in the port of Thessaloniki. British newspaper, 1895.

The area in which coronel Synge and his wife were held captive by bandits, in the region of Katerini.

Public deposition of three high-ranking administrative officials of Thessaloniki on 21 August 1876, following the murder of the consuls. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876. 

Contingent of Turkish soldiers dispatched to Serbia from Thessaloniki  in order to participate in the suppression of the Herzegovina uprising (27 July 1876). From Le Monde Illustré, 19 August 1876. 

Conscripts of the Ottoman army exit New (Litaia) Gate to the direction of the railway station. From L'Illustration, 1876. 

Muslim religious students carrying old weapons anf dressed in old uniforms oarada ancient green standards of Mohammad through the streets of Thessaloniki, in order to encourage the faithful to combat against the uprising in Herzegovina. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876.

Enrollment office of the Ottoman army in Thessaloniki at the time of Herzegovina uprising. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876. 

Bashi-bazouk camp outside the walls of Thessaloniki at the time of Herzegovina uprising. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876. 

Turkish battleships approach the port of Thessaloniki in the summer of 1876, at the time of Herzegovina uprising. From German newspaper.

Horses of the Ottoman cavalry disembark in Thessaloniki after  the murder of the consuls in May 1876. From German newspaper of the era. 

Hanging of the convicted for the murder of the consuls, 16 May 1876. From Le Monde Illustré, 1876. 

Arrival of the French and German inspectors entrusted with solving the murder of the consuls in Thessaloniki. From L'Univers Illustré, 1876. 

Scenes from the funerary services for the consuls in Thessaloniki (May 1876). View of Thessaloniki. From Le Monde Illustré, May 1876. 

Murder of the French and German consuls by the mob in Thessaloniki, May 1876.  

Murder of the French and German consuls by the mob in Thessaloniki, May 1876. Portrait of murdered consul of France Jules Moulin. From Le Journal Illustré, May 1876.

Mehme Rifa Pasha, general governor of Thessaloniki, deposed after the murder of the consuls in May 1876. From Le Monde Illustré (1876). 

Composition of scenes from the rise and fall of Sabbatai Zevi, the rabi who claimed to be the Messiah of the Jews until he was forced to convert to Islam by the Ottoman Sultan (17th century). Sabbatai Zevi claims to be the Messiah. Sabbatai Zevi enthroned by his followers. Ottoman soldiers arrest Sabbatai Zevi in the Dardanelles. From: J. Chr. Wagner, Delineatio Provinciarum Pannoniae et Imperii Turcici in Oriente, Augsburg, 1684.

Turskish troops disembarking at the port of Thessaloniki. From article in L'Illustration on 30 Januray 1886, on the events of the 1885-1886 crisis  (“armed beggary” or 'Peace War”).