 By the late 1870s, the Greeks, along with several other Christian nations in the Balkans, frustrated with their conditions, had, with the help of the Powers, broken free of Ottoman rule.The Armenians, on the other hand, received less interest and no support that was not later withdrawn by the Great Powers.Their status during these years was relatively stagnant, and they were referred to as "millet-i sadıka" or the "loyal millet" in the Ottoman Empire.