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Turkey is sending seismic vessel Oruc Reis again for survey in the Greek continental shelf, a move that reignites tensions between Ankara and Athens but with the European Union. Late Sunday night, Turkey issued a navigation warning, NAVTEX, for October 12-22, saying that the Oruc Reis will carry activities in …

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“The situation remains unchanged,” sources of the Greek General Staff told media on Wednesday afternoon after German media claimed that Chancellor Angela Merkel prevented a military conflict between Greece and Turkey. “The Greek Armed Forces are on full alert and are monitoring the movements of the Turkish Navy,” the sources …

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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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Turkey lashed out at Netherlands on Saturday after the Dutch government decided to deny landing rights for foreign minister Mevsut Cavusoglu. Immediate was the reaction of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who spoke of “Nazis and fascists” and wondered “let’s see how your flights will land in Turkey.”  Several European countries …

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Day in, day out, Turkey continues to provoke Greece and escalate tension in the Aegean Sea. Ankara is determined to challenge Greece’s sovereignty either through official statements or through its media. Day in, day out. Daily Sözcü published its Friday front page claiming that Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos visited a …

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Wednesday morning, Greece’s Defense Minister Panos Kammenos flew on a helicopter and threw a wreath in the sea to honor the three pilots who lost their lives during the Imia/Kardak conflict in 1996. Turkey’s response was to send a set of F-16 fighter jets in the area and violate not …

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A new tension is high between the arch rivals and close neighbors on the west and east of the Aegean Sea, as Turkey is staging one provocation after the other, playing the game the country knows very well: claiming rights in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Reason for …

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