May 25, 2022
Greece, Politics
“If President Erdogan thinks that I will not defend the sovereignty and sovereign rights of Greece and I will not make the case to the international audience that Turkey is behaving as a revisionist power, then he’s wrong,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday sending a strong message to …
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May 24, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey escalated verbal attacks against the Greek Prime Minister on Tuesday and Erdogan’s government partner, nationalist Devlet Bahceli went so far to directly insult Kyriakos Mitsotakis. Speaking to his parliamentary group, the leader of the Nationalist Movement, Bahceli, used very harsh word and called the Greek PM “a pawn of …
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May 23, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
“For me, there is no Mitsotakis. I will never meet with him again,” an obviously fuming Turkish President saod on Monday. Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he has no intention of ever meeting with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis again, following the latter’s criticism of Turkey during his visit to the …
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May 13, 2022
Politics, Turkey-GR
Longstanding NATO member Turkey opposes Finland and Sweden seeking to join the North Atlantic Alliance and president Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens with veto. He also accused Greece, a NATO ally, of using the alliance against Turkey, saying Ankara did not want a repeat of that “mistake,” when the NATO accepted …
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March 13, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
The necessity to deescalate of tension between Greece and Turkey and support stability in the East Mediterranean, in the shadow of the war in the Ukraine, was the joint understanding at the meeting of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey on Sunday, Greek …
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March 8, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet in Istanbul on upcoming Sunday, March 13, and will have lunch at the presidential residence, government spokesman confirmed on Tuesday. The meeting follows an invitation by the Turkish president. Mitsotakis will be visiting the Ecumenical …
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January 13, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a “direct dialogue” with Greece on Thursday as a fresh row sparked between the two neighboring countries over the Pontus Greeks Genocide following statements by President Katerina Sakellaropoulou. During a meeting with EU ambassadors in Ankara Erdogan and referring to tensions between Greece …
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November 11, 2021
FEATURED, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has filed a lawsuit against a Greek newspaper on Wednesday. The lawsuit submitted to a prosecutor’s office in Ankara refers to a front page of conservative daily “Dimokratia” two years ago. The lawsuit demands imprisonment of up to five years for four high-ranking newspaper staff …
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November 3, 2021
Politics, World
Turkish police has launched a legal probe into dozens of social media users for allegedly spreading the rumor that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has died. A relevant hashtag “he is apparently dead” #olmus in Turkish has been trending on Twitter since Wednesday morning bringing the fragile Turkish Lira into turbulence. …
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October 31, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
U.S. President Joe Biden met with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the G20 in Rome. The leaders met amid tensions between the two countries over defense and human rights issues. The two men discussed Turkey’s request to purchase F-16 fighter jets, which U.S. lawmakers have opposed on …
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October 26, 2021
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu threatened to step down after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan vowed to render “persona non grata” 10 Western ambassadors who called for the release of jailed philanthropist Osman Kavala, Deutsche Welle reported. Çavuşoğlu, who was in South Korea when Erdoğan made the statement on Saturday, urged …
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July 23, 2021
Turkey-GR
The UN Security Council on Friday condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s call for two states in Cyprus and a move to reopen a resort emptied of Greek Cypriots, calling for a “just” settlement with a united country under a “bizonal” federation, diplomats said. “The Security Council condemns the announcement …
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June 14, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels on Monday, on the sidelines of the NATO Leaders Summit. Citing government sources, state-run news agency amna reports that the one-hour-long meeting held after the conclusion of the summit broke the ice, and the two men …
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June 14, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold a face to face meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Brussels on Monday afternoon. The two leaders will be alone with translators only.The meeting is considered as an opportunity to take a further step …
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May 31, 2021
Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will hold a meeting on June 14 at the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Brussels. This was agreed during an official visit of Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Athens where he had talks with the prime minister …
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April 15, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias will be meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday afternoon following a last minute invitation on Wednesday. Dendias is in Ankara following an invitation by his counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu. A higher level of contacts between Greece and Turkey implies Ankara’s move to invite …
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April 7, 2021
Turkey-GR
A diplomatic faux pas that left EU chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair as male counterparts took their seats at a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has stirred controversy in Brussels. On media and social media the unprecedented incident has been named SofaGate. Video from Tuesday’s …
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February 25, 2021
Turkey-GR
In a new first indicating an exacerbation of the incendiary rhetoric emanating from Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan referred to the Aegean Sea by the name “Sea of Islands,” while reiterating claims of “provocations” in the eastern Mediterranean, referring indirectly to renewed Greek-Turkish tensions in recent days. Erdogan’s remarks …
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January 12, 2021
Politics, Turkey-GR
Just two weeks before “exploratory talks” resume after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece of raising tension in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean, calling on Athens “cease activities… such as “airspace violations and illegal actions on the issue of the islands.” Speaking to a meeting of European Union ambassadors …
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December 9, 2020
Turkey-GR
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that any sanctions imposed by the European Union on Turkey will not have a great impact. He added that the bloc had never acted honestly or kept its promises. Ahead of an EU summit on Thursday, Erdogan told a news conference in Ankara …
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