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The Turkish leader’s charges against Greece are fake news and deeply disappointing, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview to CNN late on Thursday. The Greek PM is in New York to attend the 77th United Nations General Assembly meeting. He is scheduled to address the Assembly on …

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan was quoted by broadcaster NTV on Thursday as saying that he discussed the start of direct flights from Russia to northern Cyprus with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. The breakaway Turkish state on the northern side of the divided island is only recognized by Ankara. Flights …

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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias responded to unprecedented attacks by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who used the podium of the United Nations General Assembly to claim “Greece is turning the Aegean into a cemetery for migrants. “Greece is turning the Aegean into a cemetery for migrants,” said Erdogan in …

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“It is unacceptable for Greece to be receiving threats that reach the point of disputing Greek sovereignty from a country that is an ally within NATO, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said at noon on Tuesday as Ankara has increased his escalating hostile rhetoric and threats and thus via the president …

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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan escalates his rhetoric and fired new threats against its neighbor and NATO partner Greece on Tuesday saying: “Greece needs to think about what kind of relationship it wants with Turkey. As I always say, we might come one night. Speaking to reporters ahead of a …

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece  of occupying islands in the Aegean Sea that have a demilitarised status, and said Turkey was prepared to “do what is necessary” when the time comes. “Remember Smyrna” Erdogan threatened during a speech in Samsun on Saturday. Historic rivals while also being fellow members …

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An economically desperate Turkish president bet for one more time on fierce nationalism to distract the folk from the hunger nagging their stomachs. Speaking of the war with Greece in 1922, Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at “despicable Greeks who burned our houses in 1922. Speaking on the occasion of …

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With a helicopter Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed on drill ship “Abdulhamid Han” docked at the port of Tasucu in Mersin province early Tuesday afternoon to attend the farewell ceremony before it set sail to Yorukler-1 exploration well in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Prior of attending the ceremony, Erdogan …

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Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to clarify his position with respect to the “antics of his junior coalition partner.” On a post on Twitter Mitsotakis asked Erdogan whether the map showing the islands of Crete, Rhodes, Lesvos, Chios and Samos, among others, are …

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Talking about state extremism: Turkey wants half of the Aegean Sea including all islands in the East, the whole Dodecanese  as well as the island of Crete. Erdogan’s government partner, far-right nationalist Devlet Bahceli (MHP) presented on Saturday a map of Turkey’s revisionist plan called “Blue Motherland” extended to a …

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The outcome of the NATO Summit in Madrid is “a diplomatic Waterloo for Greek positions,” SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras said on Thursday. Speaking to OPEN TV, Tsipras said “we understood what happened in Madrid yesterday (Wednesday), but the Greek government says it is satisfied.” “The government has placed the …

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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that Greece has violated Turkish airspace 147 times and it needs to be held accountable for this. He was speaking at a news conference in Madrid at the end of a NATO summit. It was not immediately clear over what time period the …

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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 …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be meeting with US counterpart Joe Biden on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Madrid later on Tuesday or on Wednesday, he told reporters on Tuesday morning. He ruled out the possibility of holding any talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who …

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The Turkish folk, famous for their seafarer skills since their Mongolian past, wants to expand their territories and grab islands. In the West. Greek islands in the Aegean Sea. And half the Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean, they illegally occupies since 1974. Haven’t Turkish politicians often claimed in the 1990’s …

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“History is not rewritten because someone constructs it arbitrarily in his mind,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said sending a strong and clear message to Turkey that continues its provocation aiming to annul the Treaty of Lausanne of 1923 and draw again the borders between the two neighboring countries. In his …

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In a surprise move, Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan tweeted in Greek to escalate the tension and directly threatened his neighbor country and NATO ally Greece for one more time on Thursday evening. Addressing also an international audience he posted the same tweets also in English. Προειδοποιούμε για άλλη μια …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday warned Greece to demilitarize islands in the Aegean, saying he was “not joking” with such comments. His close aide Omer Celik went even so far, to tweet “We may come suddenly one night.” “We invite Greece to stop arming the islands that have …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is under pressure, in his own country due to an inflation that has gone out of control. What does he do? He “sells” to his countrymen expansionist rhetoric and targets Greek and Arab territories for the sake of collapsed Ottoman Empire, a year but a …

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“If you have the heart for it, take the step on the occupied and armed islands. We will support you,” leader of Turkey’s main opposition party CHP, Kemal Kilicdaroglu said in support of Erdogan’s aggressive policy towards Greece. Speaking at the Grand National Assembly on Wednesday, the chief of  [Modern …

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