Massacres during the Greek War of Independence Massacres during the Greek War of Independence There were numerous massacres during the Greek War of Independence perpetrated by both the Ottoman forces and the Greek revolutionaries. The war was characterized by a lack of respect for civilian life and prisoners of war on both sides of the conflict. Massacres of Greeks took place especially in Ionia, Crete, Constantinople, Macedonia and the Aegean islands, while Turkish, Albanian, Greeks, and Jewish populations identified with the Ottomans inhabiting the Peloponnese suffered massacres particularly where Greek forces were dominant. Settled Greek communities in the Aegean, Crete, Central and Southern Greece were wiped out,
Fauna of the Faroe Islands aalge"), are very common seabirds in Faroe. Gannets ("Sula sula") are common around the islands, but only breed on Mykines. Black guillemots ("Cepphus grylle"), eiders ("Somateria mollissima") and shag ("Phalacrocorax aristotelis") are common around the coast and the fulmars ("Fulmarus glacialis") which immigrated to the islands in the 19th century have a steadily growing population. There are six species of seagulls ("Larus") and the storm petrel ("Hydrobates pelagicus") colony on Nólsoy is the largest in the world. Inland birds are fewer in numbers. Oyster catcher ("Haematopus ostralegus") (the national bird), curlew ("Numenius"), common snipe ("Capella gallinago") and tern ("Sterna") are