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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 …

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Turkey’s Defense Ministry posted a message on social media on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s invasion of Cyprus, which included a bellicose warning: “[We] may come unexpectedly one night.” Bu kadar yürekten çağırma beni, Bir gece ansızın gelebilirim… 🇹🇷 Mutlu Barış Harekâtı’nın 50’nci yılında, Kıbrıs’taki Türk …

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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 …

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Greece announcement to establish two marine parks one of them in the Aegean Sea has soured its relations with Turkey and thus less than a month before the meeting of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara next month. “We remain vigilant” said the Turkish Defense Ministry …

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Greece’s Foreign Ministry affirmed its commitment to safeguarding its sovereign rights, while accusing Turkey of attempting to “politicize” an environmental conservation issue, that of marine parks to be established in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. Greece reaction comes after Turkey challenged on Tuesday Greek sovereign rights and criticized Athens …

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In a speech to Turkish military personnel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that “if Turkish forces had pushed further south in 1974, then all of Cyprus would be entirely Turkish today.” He alleged that the “Turkish Cypriots were on the brink of genocide just half a century ago. In the …

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signed a protocol for Sweden’s admission into NATO and sent it to parliament for ratification, his office said on Monday. On the same day, he reportedly ordered the leaders of Hamas to leave the country. The news was welcome first of all by Sweden …

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Greece categorically refuted on Wednesday Turkish media reports claiming the “demilitarization” of several Greek islands. Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis called these demilitarization reports “fake news.” “We make this clear once more: there is absolutely no change of strategy regarding the distribution of forces and the defensive protection of the country,” …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in New York, on the sidelines of the 78th UN General Assembly meeting. A statement by the PM’s office said both leaders confirmed the positive climate in Greek-Turkish relations and the strong commitment to maintaining it. …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged the global community to recognize the independence of the illegally occupied territories of Northern Cyprus. Reiterating his call made at the UN General Assembly last year, Erdogan asked the global community to recognize the independence of the “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”, to establish …

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“We are friends with Greece for many decades. We have never been fighting camps against one another,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Ankara will not be swayed by pressure from US Congress or any of its officials via the matter …

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Two Turkish nationals were arrested for espionage after they were seen flying a drone over a Navy station on the island of Poros, south of Athens, last Saturday, police sources said Monday. The two suspects then left the island but police located and arrested them in Monemvasia, a town in …

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“Turkiye’s EU accession process cannot resume under the current circumstances,” the European Parliament’s (EP) said in its annual report for 2023. The EP also urged Turkiye and the EU institutions and member-states to “break the current deadlock” and seek a “realistic framework” for EU-Turkiye relations. In matters of Greek interest, …

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Greek Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis’ meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan  was concluded in Ankara on Tuesday. The main objective the private meeting that lasted two ours was the preparation of the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the context of the …

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A pair of Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Wednesday without having submitted a flight plan, said the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS). The fighter jets flew over the northeastern region of the Aegean and were intercepted by Greek fighter jets, per international protocols. The …

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UN peacekeepers on Friday were assaulted while trying to block the unauthorised construction of a road from the Turkish Cypriot side inside the buffer zone near Pyla, UNFICYP said. In an announcement, the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) reported assaults against peacekeepers and damage to UN vehicles “by …

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The Turkish authorities’ decision to forbid a liturgy at the historic Orthodox monastery of Panaghia Soumela on the  August 15 religious holiday is an extremely disappointing development for all the faithful and the pilgrims that expected to visit it this year, Greek diplomatic sources said on Friday. The same sources …

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A pair of Turkish F-16s entered the Athens Flight Information Region (FIR) on Friday without having submitted a flight plan, the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDG) said. They were intercepted by Greek fighter jets, per international protocols. The last time that Turkish military aircraft entered the Athens FIR without …

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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 …

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A meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held early Wednesday afternoon on the margins of the NATO Summit in Vilnius. t was the first meeting of the two leaders after their re-election. The meeting lasted 30 minutes including the time both translators needed, …

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