SHOTLIST:

ATHENS, GREECE (NOV. 17, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING SLOGANS, HOLDING EACH OTHER

2. SECURITY MEASURES AT DEMONSTRATION SITE (TWO SHOTS)

3. DEMONSTRATORS CHANTING SLOGANS AND HOLDING BANNERS

4. DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING PALESTINIAN FLAGS AND BANNERS (TWO SHOTS)

5. MUSICIANS PLAYING “BELLA CIAO”

6. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING, HOLDING BANNERS AND CHANTING SLOGANS

7. VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS LIGHTING TORCHES, MARCHING, HOLDING BANNERS AND CHANTING SLOGANS ATHENS, GREECE - NOV. 17, 2025: Thousands marched in Athens, Greece, on Monday to mark the 52nd anniversary of the Nov. 17 anti-junta uprising, a defining moment of resistance against the 1967–1974 military junta.

The annual march began at the Athens Polytechnic University, where students launched a mass revolt in November 1973 that became a symbol of the struggle for democracy. Demonstrators once again chanted the historic slogans of the uprising, including “Bread, education, freedom.”

The march set off from the Polytechnic and moved through Syntagma Square, where the Parliament building is located, before making its way to the US Embassy in Athens, following the customary route taken annually.

Hundreds of participants also carried Palestinian flags, chanting “Freedom for Palestine” in solidarity with civilians in Gaza.

Similar commemorative marches were held in several other cities across Greece.

Each year, the Polytechnic anniversary is celebrated with a march toward the US Embassy which many Greeks accuse of supporting the military junta. The match usually ends with clashes between police and anarchist groups.

Nov. 17 marks the Athens Polytechnic Uprising when students held a massive demonstration against the ruling Greek military junta.

The uprising began Nov. 14, 1973, and escalated to an open revolt against the military junta, which had been ruling the country since 1967.

It ended in bloodshed early Nov. 17 after a series of events that started with a tank crashing through the gates of the Polytechnic campus.

At least 24 civilians were killed.