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In the Eastern Mediterranean “they want to box us in on our shores with an island of 10 sq.km; this cannot happen.,” Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “In order to support our independence we have the opportunity to use both our diplomacy and our military power. That …

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France is deploying the flagship of its Navy, the nuclear-powered surface vessel, aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The deployment comes in the wake of Turkey’s war threats. Citing sources of the French General Staff, French media report that the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is …

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Turkey’s foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday that if Greece extends its territorial waters from 6 to 12 miles this is “a cause of war.” He announced that the seismic vessels Oruc Reis will remain in the east Mediterranean Sea for 90 days – even if the European Union …

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Greece has no right to issue a navigational telex (NAVTEX) in the Eastern Mediterranean and is sowing chaos in the region, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed on Monday. just hours after Greece issued a counter NAVTEX and announced joint military exercises with foreign countries.. According to website ahval, the …

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President Recept Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree on Friday morning that converts another historical Byzantine church in Istanbul into a mosque. After Hagia Sophia, the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora will also open for Islamic prayers and lose its status as a museum. The church in Chora is …

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that announced that Turkey has restarted a search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean, accusing neighboring Greece of failing to keep its promises. “We have resumed the drilling activity. We have sent (vessel) Barbaros Hayrettin to the area,” Erdogan told reporters after Friday …

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew confirmed on Wednesday that a divine liturgy for the Feast of the Dormition of Virgin Mary  – the equivalent of the Feast of the Assumption – will be held at the Holy Monastery of Panagia Soumela where the heart of Pontus Greek beats. The Greek Orthodox Monastery …

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Thousands of worshipers have been flocking to Hagia Sophia in Istanbul on Friday to attend the first Muslim prayer after 86 years. Some of them even camped outside the Building that was a World Heritage Site over the night and read prayers at the dawn. “Hagia Sophia is ready for …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis to visit Hagia Sophia, following the decision to convert it from a museum into a mosque. According to spokesman for the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, Turkey has invited everyone to the mosque, including Pope Francis. …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not wait long to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque. In zero time, he signed the Presidential decree that opens Hagia Sophia for Muslim prayers. He posted the decree on Twitter less than an hour after the court’s ruling earlier on Friday. Erdogan commented …

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that any criticism on his government plans to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque is considered as “an attack on Turkey’s sovereignty. This was Erdogan’s response to the mounting criticism by the U.S., France, Russia, particularly Greece and other countries. “Accusations against our country about …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke on the telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday. It is the first direct communication between the two leaders after their meeting in December 2019. Citing government sources, state-run news agency amna reports that Mitsotakis and Erdogan discussed about the repercussions of …

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insists to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque and has asked his aides to conduct a comprehensive study on how to do this. According to Turkish daily Hurriyet, during a top party meeting earlier this week, Erdogan noted that Hagia Sophia was reopened as a …

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The Greek government has condemned the fiestas Turkey is preparing on Friday, May 29, on the 567. anniversary of the Fall of Constantinople. One of the fiestas to take place in Istanbul tonight outside the former church and patriarchal cathedral of Greek Orthodoxy, the Hagia Sophia, a museum since 1932. …

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Turkey’s response to an incident involving one of its patrol boats in Greek seas was both “lamentable” and “unacceptable,” the Greek foreign ministry said in an announcement on Wednesday. At the same time the Foreign Ministry commented on Turkish President Erdogan’s accusations that Greece has been applying “Nazi practices against …

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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Greece of “Nazi practices against refugees” at the border and “violations of their human rights.” It is the second time, Erdogan refers to the practices of the Nazi Germany. A few days ago, he had claimed that what Greece does at the border was …

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he has invited a few European leaders for a Migration Summit in Istanbul. At the same time, he claimed that Greek security forces have “killed 4 or 5” migrants. Speaking to journalists on his way back from Brussels where he met with top …

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The meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the presidents of the European Commission and the European Council apparently did not go off according to his expectations. When the meeting concluded late on Monday, Erdogan left without any press conference or any statements to his own reporters. Officials from …

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of talks with President Tayyip Erdogan on Monday that Turkey must move refugees and migrants away from the Greek border. “It was the Turkish president who said the EU borders were open. They were not open, they are not open, they …

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Turkey stopped allowing migrants to cross the Aegean Sea to go to Europe, the Turkish Coast Guard said in a statement issued late on Friday. The decision was reportedly taken by him, himself the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and sealed with a presidential order. Interesting to note is that Erdogan …

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