Administrative Region : West Macedonia
Regional unit : Kozani
Tsotyli (Τσοτύλι) Kozani
Tsotyli is a town in the regional unit of Kozani. It is located in the western part of the unit 59 km W of the city of Kozani, in the former province of Voio. As the Municipality of Tsotyli it was established for the first time with Law 1416/84. From 1.1.1987 9 settlements joined it and from 1.1.1997 with Law 2539/97 (Kapodistrian Municipalities) 35 settlements.
Generally
Tsotyli is known for the historic High School-Boarding School that operated since the years of Turkish rule, the weekly market of Tsotyli known in the past as Kari Pazar that took place every Saturday with great repercussions in the wider area, but also with the first resistance groups Eamic and Eamic against the Italian occupation. The Italians reacted by setting fire to Tsotyli on March 28, 1943.
Designation
There are many testimonies on the subject of the name of the village. The Metropolitan of Sisani Neophytos writes it in the list of villages under his jurisdiction: "Tzotili" and as the most auspicious he was transformed into Tsotyli. Also in the Turkish Royal Land Registry it is referred to as "Toutzoul" while Konstantinos Aggelis, a teacher at Tsotyli High School, claimed that Tsotylion was called "Kotilion" which means the hollow, the dent - spoon that in the years of Frankish rule the phthong with "k" φθόγγο "c" (τσ) and from Kotylion it was transformed into Tsotylion.
Population data
The French cartographer, professor of geography at the Ottoman High School of Istanbul Al. Synvet mentions it in 1878 as Tsontylion of the diocese of Sisani, inhabited by 670 Greeks. [1] In 1928, 86 refugee families (339 inhabitants) settled, according to the Refugee Rehabilitation Committee.
The historic Gymnasium-Boarding School of Tsotyli
Students of Tsotyli High School at the end of the school year 1906-1907. Seated (left) is the Greek teacher Iordanis Seferiadis from Nigde in Asia Minor and (right) Themistoklis Moschidis a Turkish teacher from Redestos
In 1871 the historical high school was founded there by the Macedonian Educational Brotherhood of Constantinople and in 1873 the High School-Boarding School, known as the Tsotylios School, was built by the above fraternity, which was under the auspices of the Patriarchate.
The Metropolitan of Anchialos and later Smyrna Vassilios strengthened education, [2] as he donated a large part of the sponsorships for the strengthening of the Greek High School in Tsotyli, Kozani. In 1928 a separate doctorate was erected as an extension of the old Gymnasium-Boarding School (of the current Student Home Tsotyli) which since 1987 is maintained by the National Youth Foundation.
Dimitrios Golitsis (first from the right) a merchant next to Pantelis Tsamisis, professor of Greek at the High School-Boarding School of Tsotyli and later High School Master of Kastoria. The first from the left the poet
Argyris Papadiskos photo 1903.
The burning of Tsotyli
During the Occupation, Tsotyli came under Italian rule. In the mountains, the EAM guerrillas, who were claiming the presidency, neutralized all the non-Eamist resistance groups that first appeared in the area of Kastoria and Voio and had been active since April 1942. [3] [4]
The Italian occupation authorities reacted by issuing an order calling on all gendarmerie stations to hand over their weapons to the nearest towns, where there were Italian guards until February 4 (1943). According to Constantine Antoniou, the result of this order was that several gendarmes joined the Eamic groups because they were afraid of being captured by the Italians. [5] mountainous. The united Eamic groups captured Tsotyli, which had been abandoned by its Italian guard, on the night of 18 February. Many residents who were unable to seek refuge in Kozani or Kastoria enlisted in the EAM. [6] One month later, on March 28, a strong Italian force from Thessaly invaded Voio to punish the guerrillas. They retreated to the surrounding mountains, causing the Italians to set fire to Tsotyli and other villages. "The smoke from the unfortunate Tsotyli was visible from the rebel-held villages of Pentalofos and Dotsiko." [7]
References
Al. Συνβέ (A. Synvet), Les Grecs de l'Empire ottoman: Etude statistique et ethnographique, Κωνσταντινούπολη, 1878, σελ. 59. (pdf) (Γαλλικά)
Dimitrios Stamatopoulos, "Vassilios Smyrnis, p.3, 2000"
Athanasios I. Chrysochou, The occupation in Macedonia, p. 48, vol. Α΄, Θεσσαλονίκη 1950-51 (ΕΛ.Ι.Α. Archives Catalog) Archived 2012-02-16 in Wayback Machine.
Ioannis Koliopoulos Plunder of Minds, "Every country is watering down" ch. Rebels (pp. 82-101) published by VANIAS, 1995
Konstantinos Antoniou, The Slavic and communist intrigue and the resistance of the Macedonians, p. 84, Thessaloniki 1950
Konstantinos Tsoumis, History of the Resistance in Western Macedonia (1955) typed text deposited in the Kozani Library in 1979
Ioannis Koliopoulos Plunder of Minds, "Every country is watering down" ch. Rebels (pp. 82-101) published by VANIAS, 1995
Sources
IF. Diamantopoulos, "Vassilios Metropolitan of Smyrna 1834-1910".
Ioannis Koliopoulos, Plunder of Minds, "Every country is water-bearing", vol. First Rebels (pp. 82-101), published by Vania, 1994 ISBN 960-288-023-6
External link
Photos and map from Panoramio
Live webcamera Tsotyliou Kozani https://www.meteo-hellas.com/weathercams/kamera-tsotylioy
Live webcamera Tsotyli, West Macedonia, Greece https://Tsotylion-macedonia-greece.click2stream.com/
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