September 25, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed the positive climate and the will to maintain the existing framework of de-escalation in Greek-Turkish relations during their meeting on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 79th UN General Assembly in New York. Short before their meeting, addressing …
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May 13, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed that they disagree on crucial bilateral issues but also on Palestinian Hamas. During joint statements after meeting in Ankara on Monday afternoon, the two leaders openly disagree on disputes such as the Mulsim minority in north-eastern Greece, the …
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April 18, 2024
Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
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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March 19, 2024
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
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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November 14, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Athens than in Thessaloniki, as originally planned, on December 7, it was announced on Tuesday. According to the Foreign Ministry, changing the location of the meeting, which will be held in the context of the …
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October 23, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
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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September 21, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
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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September 20, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
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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September 19, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
“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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August 31, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
With a message of just a few words, Greece’s foreign ministry responded to statements by Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan who claimed on the occasion of the 101. anniversary of the Asia Minor disaster that it was the Greeks who destroyed Izmir (Smyrna). In a statement, the Greek Ministry described …
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July 14, 2023
Greece, Politics
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 …
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July 13, 2023
Greece, Politics
Several of Greece’s opposition parties criticised Prime Ministrer Kyriakos Mitsotakis after his meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO leaders summit in Vilnius on Wednesday. SYRIZA-PA Even though Mitsotakis had proclaimed at the pre-electoral campaign period that he would raise interference issues concerning the …
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July 12, 2023
Greece, Politics, Turkey-GR
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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July 10, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
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 …
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July 10, 2023
Greece, Politics
The upcoming meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the newly elected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, July 12 – on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania – offers the prospect of restarting Greece-Turkey relations. According to government sources, “the positive momentum that has developed …
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June 22, 2023
Greece, Politics
If Turkey wishes to come closer to Europe and open itself to the West, Greek-Turkish dialog must resume, New Democracy leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis said in an interview to ANT1 on Wednesday. The dialog will concern “a single and only difference [between us], that is the delimitation of the Exclusive Economic …
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June 14, 2023
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has voiced criticism of Greece’s armaments program, expressing his intention to address the issue with the next prime minister in Athens. During a press briefing on his return flight from Azerbaijan, Erdogan emphasized his willingness to discuss the matter with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, should he be …
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May 29, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cemented his place in Turkish politics as the longest-serving leader with a runoff victory on Sunday against Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu As millions held their breath in the first runoff he faced, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan left his mark in the history of the Republic of Türkiye with another …
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May 15, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
President Tayyip Erdogan’s opponents face an uphill struggle to end his two-decade rule of Turkey in a runoff vote on May 28 after he performed better than predicted in a first round of voting on Sunday but fell short of an outright majority. Turks woke on Monday to see support …
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May 3, 2023
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey will continue to “annoy those on the other side of the sea,” president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said in what is seen as a fresh swipe against Greece following a thaw in relations between the two countries. “You will have noticed that every success of our defense industry annoys the …
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