October 14, 2019
Politics, World
Turkey’s warnings that it will allow millions of Syrian refugees to head West if the European Union continues to consider sanctions over military operations in Syria and hydrocarbon drilling off Cyprus is “not a threat and it is not a bluff,” Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told Germany’s Deutsche Welle. “We …
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July 16, 2019
Turkey-GR
Turkey has ignored the punitive measures released by the European Union late on Monday and announced that it is sending a fourth drilling vessel to Cyprus. This was announced on Tuesday morning by Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu currently on a visit to North Macedonia. Commenting on the EU measures, …
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July 14, 2019
World
Turkey will continue drilling for gas in waters off Cyprus if the internationally recognized Greek Cypriot government does not accept a cooperation proposal put forward by Turkish Cypriots, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Sunday. Cavusoglu said a proposal by Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci that both parties on the …
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April 10, 2019
Turkey-GR
Turkey is not the first NATO country to buy the S-400 air defense system, Russian military experts said arguing with the false claim that Greece has already bought such a system. Speaking at a meeting on “Russian-Turkish Relations and Regional Security: Erdogan’s visit to Moscow,” Vladimir Yevseyev said Greece was …
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March 21, 2019
Turkey-GR
Greece’s Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos ruled out Turkey’s exclusion on energy-related issues in the Eastern Mediterranean area. He said that Turkey has kilometer-long shore at the Mediterranean Sea and therefore also rights in the area. The Greek Foreign Minister met with his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Antalya on Thursday …
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October 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
Ankara will continue natural gas drilling work around the island of Cyprus to establish the fair sharing resources, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Tuesday. “Turkey will not allow unilateral activities [in the Eastern Mediterranean]. We need to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots with actual steps,” Cavusoglu said …
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September 4, 2018
Editor, Politics, Turkey-GR
The inauguration of the renovated Greek Consulate in the coastal city of Izmir was anything but a well prepared show by Turkey to challenge Greece. Not only did they stage a “show of power” with Turkish aircraft; the chief of Turkish diplomacy dared challenged Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias who …
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July 6, 2018
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, accused “the West” for having put pressure on Greece to not extradite the 8 Turkish servicemen who fled to Greece after the failed coup of July 2016. In an interview with state news agency Anadolu, Cavusoglu said the Greek Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister …
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June 7, 2018
Greece, Politics
Turkey has suspended the migrant readmission deal with Greece in response to a Greek court’s decision to release eight former Turkish servicemen who fled to the country one day after Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. During a meeting with Turkish reporters, Cavusoglu was asked whether …
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April 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
The official Ankara claims the Turkish Coast Guard has illegally landed on a Greek islet in the eastern Aegean Sea and took down a Greek flag. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said “There was an attempt to plant a Greek flag on an uninhabited rocky …
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March 22, 2018
Turkey-GR
For one more time, Ankara disputed the sea borders between Greece and Turkey. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu claimed late on Wednesday that the sea borders in the Aegean Sea were not clearly delineated. “The sovereignty of some islands and rocky islands and the sea borders around them in the Aegean …
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February 7, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkey is ready to take “all necessary measures” to protect the rights of Turkish Cypriots and Turkey’s ownership of the continental shelf in the eastern Aegean, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu tells Kathimerini in an interview. Çavuşoğlu claimed that an area where Turkey is exploring for hydrocarbons – Block 6 …
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November 5, 2017
Turkey-GR
For one more time, Turkey has been fueling tension with Greece with a series of outrageous statements and actions. During a visit to North-East Greece, a Turkish Deputy Prime Minister claimed that the Muslim minority in Thrace were “Turkish citizens.” At the same time, Ankara sent a military helicopter over …
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October 24, 2017
Turkey-GR
Defying the rules of diplomacy, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on Greece to handout several hundreds alleged coups supporters the regime in Ankara describes as “Gulenists”. “We don’t want Greece to become a safe haven for FETÖ [Fetullahist Terrorist Organization],” Çavuşoğlu told reporters speaking at a joint press conference …
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August 16, 2017
Turkey-GR
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has disputed the Treaty of Lausanne, which set out the modern borders between Greece and Turkey, saying that Ankara will not accept “de facto situations” in the Aegean Sea. Speaking before Turkey’s National Assembly, Cavusoglu said that a number of interconnected problems remain in the …
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July 7, 2017
World
Talks to reunify the divided island of Cyprus collapsed amid anger and recriminations in the early hours of Friday, marking the end of a 10-day long process in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. The United Nations had said that the talks in July was the “the best chance” for a deal to end …
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July 4, 2017
Uncategorized
Negotiations in Crans-Montana are for tough guys with a good stomach. On the seventh day of talks about the future of the divided island, Ankara reiterated that that Turkish troops will remain in the occupied north in any Cyprus peace deal. Turkey toughened its stance and insisted it won’t sign …
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June 5, 2017
Politics, World
Berlin has no choice but to withdraw the deployment of German soldiers from the strategic air base in Incirlik, in Southeast Turkey, German foreign minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday. The statement comes during an official visit of the German foreign minister to Turkey and short after Prime Minister Binali …
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March 12, 2017
World
The diplomatic row between Turkey and the Netherlands has escalated to unprecedented level. The Dutch detained a Turkish minister and escorted her to the borders in Germany, police used dogs and water cannon to disperse angry Turks protesting near the Turkish consulate in Rotterdam on Saturday. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim …
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March 11, 2017
Turkey-GR, World
Short before the crisis with the Netherlands broke out, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusloglu attacked Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos. He is a member of a “racist party” Cavusoglu said on Friday and warned Greece of an “accident” in the Aegean Sea. Speaking at CNN-Turk, Cavusoglu claimed that it is …
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