October 5, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s Defense Minister Hulusi Akar started beating the drums of war and announced he has already given clear instructions to the Navy and the Air Force of his country. Akar’s clear threats against Greece are the latest level of aggressiveness in a tension that has been escalating on daily basis …
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January 14, 2021
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
With high speed and dangerous maneuvers a Turkish coast guard boat harasses a Greek fishing boat in the broader sea area of the islets of Imia neat the island of Kalymnos. The Turkish boat sails by at a “breathing distance” from the bow of the fishing boat setting the crew …
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January 7, 2021
Greece, Turkey-GR
A Greek and a Turkish Coast Guard boat collided near the rocky islets of Imia in the Aegean Sea on Wednesday morning when the Turkish vessel rammed the Greek one which was patrolling the area, according to the Greek Coast Guard late on on Wednesday. The Greek newly-built Rafnar type …
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February 5, 2020
Turkey-GR
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has claimed that he warned Athens against making any “move” over the islets of Imia (Kardak) in the eastern Aegean and that therefore a crisis was averted end of January. “This year there was no crisis around Kardak,” Erdogan told reporters on Wednesday. “Why? Because …
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April 18, 2018
Politics, Turkey-GR
“Greece’s sovereignty over Imia is clear and indisputable through three international agreements,” the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday responding to Ankara’s official claim that “territorial waters and the airspace over Imia are exclusively under Turkish sovereignty.” Turkey should “come to its senses” and use the European …
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April 18, 2018
Turkey-GR
In a delirium out of control, the Turkish Foreign Ministry launched a fierce attack against the European Union, Greece and Cyprus after the Commission report 2018. In an completely unacceptable and provocative statement, Ankara claims that the islets of Imia “their territorial waters and airspace above them are exclusively under …
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March 31, 2018
Turkey-GR
“The legal status of Imia is firmly established. Greek sovereignty over Imia is a given and beyond doubt,” Greek Foreign Ministry said on Saturday commenting on an unbelievable statement by the Turkish Foregin Ministry that raises …objections that the Imia islets in the Aegean are included in the “Natura 2000” …
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February 17, 2018
Turkey-GR
The Turkish Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Hami Aksoy expressed concern early on Feb. 17 about the Greek foreign minister’s remarks regarding the Greek’s attitude towards Turkey. In a statement posted on the website of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, Aksoy said that Greek Minister Nikos Kocias’ statement, which he gave to a …
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February 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
Footage shot from two separate security cameras on patrol boat GAVDOS of the Greek Coast Guard show the moment it was rammed by vessel UMUT of the Turkish Coast Guard in the sea area around the Imia islets in East Aegean Sea last Monday. Video A Video B Patrol boat …
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February 16, 2018
Turkey-GR
Greece is considering seeking compensation from Turkey for the minor damages caused to the Coast Guard vessel after it was rammed by a Turkish patrol boat near the islets of Imia at around midnight on Monday. “We are considering whether the Turks will have to pay [for the damage],” he was …
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February 15, 2018
Turkey-GR
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a call on Thursday for the de-escalation of tension in the Aegean. The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance displayed absolute neutrality to tension between the two NATO members Greece and Turkey. Asked about a recent incident involving Greek and Turkish patrol boats …
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February 14, 2018
Turkey-GR
After a first European Union reaction, on Tuesday, at the peak of the Imia crisis between Greece and Turkey, the European commission finally came to its senses and took clear position in favor of the European Union member, Greece. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said “I am “strictly against …
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February 14, 2018
Turkey-GR
After more than 24 hours, the three boats of the Turkish Coast Guard withdrew from the two islets of Imia. Crisis between Greece and Turkey diffused? Hardly. Ankara is obsessed with the Greek islets, part of a total 16 to 18 islets and islands it claims they belong to Turkey. …
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February 13, 2018
Politics, Turkey-GR
Greece has officially complained to Turkey about the ramming of a patrol boat of the Greek Coast Guard by a vessel of the Turkish Coast Guard short before Monday midnight and briefed about the incident also international fora incl the NATO where both neighboring countries are members. However, the situation …
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February 2, 2018
Turkey-GR
The Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, A. Yennimatas, stressed the following in response to a journalist’s question concerning statements made, regarding Imia, by an advisor to the Turkish President: “Contemptible statements such as these that came from the advisor to the Turkish President are foreign to European political …
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February 1, 2018
Turkey-GR
Chief advisor of Turkish President Erdogan, Yigit Bulut, has threatened Greece over the disputed islet of Imia in the Eastern Aegean Sea. “Athens will face the wrath of Turkey worse than that in Afrin,” Bulut said in a Television show of a private network. “We will break the arms and …
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January 30, 2018
Greece, Politics
US Ambassador to Athens, Jeffry Pyatt, expresses his concern about the Greek-Turkish tensions in the Aegean Sea. In an interview to private Skai TV, he said “My worry is about an accident.” The US fears of an ‘accident’ come in the wake of the new tension in the islet of …
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January 28, 2018
Turkey-GR
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammos sailed to the islet of Imia on Sunday to pay respect to the three Greek pilots lost their lives when an Augusta Bell Helicopter fell into the sea during the Imia conflict on 28 Janaurary 1996. Officials pictures and videos released by the defense Ministry …
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January 18, 2018
Turkey-GR
Turkish Coast Guard released a video showing the incident between a Turkish patrol boat and gunboat “Nikiforos” of the Greek Navy on Wednesday. Turkish disinformation at its best: Some media says the two vessel collide, some that the Greek gunboat harassed the Turkish patrol boat. The footage filmed by a …
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January 17, 2018
Turkey-GR
A patrol boat of the Turkish Coast Guard bumped on gunboat “Nikiforos” of the Greek Navy off the islet of Imia in the eastern Aegean Sea on Wednesday. Nikiforos was on routine patrol near the islet, Ankara claims it belongs to Turkey. The incident occurred in the Greek territorial waters. …
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