Stessa faccia stessa razza

relationship between Greece and Italy citing that “Sicily remained Greek speaking for a thousand years after the Roman conquest” and “When the Turks conquered Greece, the Greeks would go to Italy because there was a connection there. When Cyprus was conquered the Greeks would go to Italy, When Crete was conquered, again the Greeks would go to Italy”.

Mr Vertzayias went on to suggest that “Southern Italy, the Agean Islands, Crete, Cyprus and Southwest Turkey have very very close DNA.” He went on to note that “the heritage of those people is in its dying throws. “The ‘Stessa faccia stessa razza (Same face same race)’ is a reality”