“There is no way we accept fait a compli,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis told Turkey responding to provocative statements of Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler regarding exploration in the Aegean Sea. “We believe that the mild climate that permeates Greek-Turkish relations can favor the restart of talks on the Cyprus …

“The Treaty of Lausanne is clear and not open to misinterpretation. It refers to a Muslim minority,” diplomatic sources said in Athens responding to the provocative statements by Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, who raised the issue of a “Turkish minority,” on Thursday. Addressing the Turkish Parliament’s budget committee, Fidan …

Greece and Turkey will explore whether they can start talks aimed at demarcating their maritime zones, Greece’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Neighbors Greece and Turkey, both NATO allies but historic foes, have been at odds for decades over a range of issues from airspace to maritime jurisdiction in the …

Sovereignty issues are never going to be on the discussion table with Turkiye and we will defend our sovereign rights, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Friday in an interview with Skai TV. Speaking about the meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, a day earlier in Brussels, Gerapetritis said …

Greece and Turkey jointly organize a landmark event, the Hackathon 2024, for students, start-uppers and scientists, the foreign ministries of the two counties announced on Monday. In a joint statement, the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece and Türkiye, Costas Fragogiannis and Mehmet Kemal Bozay, respectively, announced the upcoming …

Tension between Greece and Turkey has been rising in the Aegean Sea again in the last 24 hours, after Ankara deployed warships just outside the Greek territorial waters between the islands of Kasos and Karpathos. The Turkish warships are monitoring the Italian research vessel “Ievoli Relume,” which is conducting surveys …

“Greece does not accept recommendations on how to exercise its policy and protect its national interests,” diplomatic sources stressed on Tuesday, in response to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan statements that “Cyprus, Greece should ‘stay away’ from Middle East matters.” “During the Middle East crisis, Greece has maintained a stance …

Statements by the CEO of Enterprise Greece, Marinos Giannopoulos, on “Greece-Turkey energy cooperation in the Aegean and Southern Mediterranean” have raised question marks, reported diplomacy journalist Nikos Meletis on news website liberal.gr In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu, Galanopoulos presented investment opportunities in Greece and referred to pipelines …

A woman was killed and two other people were injured, all Greeks, in a traffic accident that took place in the city of Usak near Izmir in West Turkey on Thursday morning. According to Turkish media information, the 67-year-old woman died on the spot as she was thrown from the …

Of all things on Easter Monday, the Turkish government decided to announce the formal opening of another Byzantine church into a mosque. After Hagia Sophia, the Chora church is the second magnificent heritage of Greek Orthodoxy that Turkey converts into a mosque and opens for prayers to Muslim faithful. The …

“Delimitation of maritime borders is the only difference that Greece has with Turkey,” Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou clarified during a discussion at the think tank ‘The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)’ in Washington. Papadopoulou pointed out that the Greek prime minister has clearly indicated Greece’s readiness to refer …

Foreign tourists visiting the former Orthodox Christian cathedral of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul will have to pay an entrance fee of 25 euros from Monday, January 15, 2024. This was announced by Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry already some time ago. The 1,500-year-old Byzantine cathedral, which was converted from a …

There are six basic principles concerning rapprochement with Turkey, Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Tuesday, addressing a conference in Athens. First, he said, geography has placed the two countries in close proximity, which is something that “we cannot change, so we ought to handle it,” therefore “we should …

A 4-year-old child on the remote island of Kastellorizo was seriously injured in an accident and her parents took her to a hospital in neighboring Turkey as the Greek ambulance helicopter did not respond to the call for a transfer to the island of Rhodes. According to media, the girl …

Greece filed a demarche with NATO’s General Secretariat to protest a congratulatory message to Turkey for its 1922 victory over Greece in Asia Minor. The message was posted on social media by the Headquarters of the Allied Land Command (LANDCOM) in Izmir. ZAFER BAYRAMINIZ KUTLU OLSUN! LANDCOM wishes a happy …

Omer Celik, the spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling AK Party, has reiterated Ankara’s demand for Greece to demilitarize its eastern Aegean islands. He issued a bellicose warning, stating that there would be consequences if Greece fails to comply. In an interview with Turkish broadcaster Haberturk following the meeting between the leaders …

The meting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the NATO Summit sidelines in Vilnius “was an opportunity for a restart in Greek-Turkish relations following four difficult years,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview on Skai TV on Thursday evening. “It confirmed my view that Turkiye appears to …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke of important differences with Turkey, but also the opportunity to agree on a “roadmap for the demarcation of maritime zones.” According to daily ethnos.gr, Mitsotakis made these statements coming to the NATO summit in Vilnius and before a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara’s accession to the bloc before Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance. Turkey’s bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks …

Six members of the United States House of Representatives called on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to ensure that the new F-16 jets Turkye will receive from America will not be used for actions against Greece. In a letter to Blinken, the six said among others, “Given Turkey’s history of …