In a shocking move just three days ahead of the Turkish presidential elections, candidate Muharrem Ince announced his withdrawal, citing a defamation campaign against him by FETÖ Muharrem Ince, head of the Homeland Party (MP) and one of the four candidates running for the Presidency in the May 14 elections, …

Turkey said on Friday that Western nations, including the United States and Germany, had not given it any information to back up their assertions that security threats had prompted them to close their missions in the country. Foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu suggested the powers may have been trying to portray …

Less than 24 hours after the terror attack in Istanbul and Turkish authorities managed not only to capture the alleged bomber along with other suspects but also to involve Greece in the whole issue. “Istanbul terror attack suspect would have fled to Greece today if she had not been caught,” …

Turkey claimed a suspected member of the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), recently arrested in Istanbul, was trained in Greece. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed on a tweet on Monday that the arrestee was preparing a terrorist attack against the country after receiving training in Lavrio, in south-eastern Attica. Sevgili …

The Biden administration threw its support behind the potential sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, a day after Ankara lifted a veto of NATO membership for Finland and Sweden, and while US president Joe Biden was holding a meeting with Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Speaking at a briefing …

Greece’s Migration Minister has denied Turkey’s allegations that 12 migrants froze to death in the land border between the two countries following deadly pushback by Greek border guards. Among the dead were reportedly also children. Earlier on Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu had posted on Twitter that 12 migrants …

Turkey apparently does not enjoy a party alone and invited a special guest: Russia. According to Turkish Navy, Russia will hold two naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean beginning next week and for this purpose it has issued two Navtex to reserve sea areas in areas where Ankara is conducting …

Tension is high again in the south-eastern Aegean and East Mediterranean sea after Turkey issued a new NAVTEX, blocked the sea area south of the Greek islands of Kastellorizo, Rhodes and Megisti and sent drilling vessel Oruc Reis for seismic research early Monday morning. Seismic survey vessel Oruc Reis and …

Just a few hours are left before Turkey officially converts Hagia Sophia into a mosque and inaugurates the sacrilege fiesta with the first Muslim prayer on Friday. Workers are zealously proceed with works to hide all Christian symbols in the Byzantine Basilica of the 6th century. But no mater how …

Greece is strengthening ifs defense and is preparing for a possible new wave of migrants at its Evros border. A fence of sharp blades wire (concertina wire) and 400 additional border guards are to shield the country for the case Turkey will open its borders again so that migrants can …

European Union border agency Frontex expects a fresh wave of migrants seeking to cross Evros, the land border between Turkey and Greece, German daily Die Welt reports on Friday. The daily cites an internal agency report by the Frontex Situation Center, dated May 5,according to which the wave is expected …

Turkey’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu resigned on Sunday night, citing his failure in successfully steering the country’s 31-province wide weekend curfew. Soylu’s resignation came an hour before the 48-hour curfew ended. “In a process carried out diligently and meticulously, the responsibility for all implementation of the weekend curfew to stem …

Turkey ‘s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has threatened Greece and Europe that the migrants would return to Evros border once the coronavirus pandemic is over. The removal of migrants from the border last week “did not amount to a change in policy,” Soylu told NTV. He added that the migrants …

Turkey ‘s Interior Minister Minister has threatened that “one million refugees” would travel to  Europe and said about the situation on Evros “this is only the beginning.” Minister Suleyman Soylu claimed on Saturday that 143,000 people have reached Greece since the opening of the borders to the EU. The number …

Turkey said on Wednesday it was preparing a case in the European Court of Human Rights over Greece’s treatment of migrants, and added the EU has so far made no concrete offer to deal with thousands trying to enter the bloc. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan met European Council President Charles …

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced the dispatch of 1,000 police officers to the country’s North-West border in order to”prevent Greece to push migrants back to Turkey.” In an interview with CNN Turk on Thursday, Soylu said that the EU border protection agency Frontex and Greece have pushed 4,900 migrants …

Greece says it has prevented almost 10.000 illegal entries of migrants at its Evros border with Turkey in the last 24 hours. According to government sources, 9,972 people were prevented from entering the Greek territory across the Evros border form 9 a.m. Saturday to 6 a.m. Sunday. The attempts were …

Turkey has started the deportation of ISIS members of foreign nationality back to their home country. One of them landed in the buffer zone between Turkey and Greece. The man who according to Turkish media is a US citizen was deported by Turkey to Greece in the land borders in North-West …

Turkey will send all 1,200 ISIS terrorists of foreign origin arrested during the Syria operation back to their countries, Ankara said on Monday. “Turkey will send all detained foreign Daesh terrorists to their countries of origin even if their citizenship have been revoked, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu announced. Reiterating Turkey’s …

The U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions Monday on two high-ranking Turkish ministries and three senior government officials over Turkey’s military operation in northeastern Syria. Washington imposed sanctions on Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and also on Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar, Minister …