The area that was to become the Thessaloniki regional unit was annexed by Greece in 1912 , during the First Balkan War . The area was struck by an earthquake in 1978 , and by flooding due to rainfall in October 2006 . Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , founder of modern Turkey , was born in '' Salonica '' , the name for the city of Thessaloniki when it was part of the Ottoman Empire
an earthquake in 1978
1978 Thessaloniki earthquake
Thessaloniki (regional unit)