November 14, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A young Greek woman is among the 81 people wounded in a blast that killed six people in Istanbul’s main shopping street on Sunday. The woman was slightly injured by a piece of flying glass and is being treated in a city hospital, the Greek Foreign Ministry said citing a …
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November 14, 2022
FEATURED, Politics, Turkey-GR
Less than 24 hours after the terror attack in Istanbul and Turkish authorities managed not only to capture the alleged bomber along with other suspects but also to involve Greece in the whole issue. “Istanbul terror attack suspect would have fled to Greece today if she had not been caught,” …
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November 13, 2022
Greece, Politics
“Greece unequivocally condemns terrorism and we extend our heartfelt condolences to the Turkish government and the Turkish people,” the Foreign Ministry in Athens said in a statement on Sunday afternoon, after a bomb exploded in Istanbul ‘s famous Istiklal Street killing at least 6 people and wounding over 80. The …
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August 4, 2022
Uncategorized
Fragile elderly and vulnerable patients were evacuated partly being carried on the arms of personnel when the fire at the historic Balikli nursing home for Greeks and general hospital broke out in Istanbul early afternoon on Thursday. All 104 patients have been successfully evacuated amid thick smoke, nobody was injured. …
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June 15, 2022
Greece, Politics
Τones went high and tension between the Turkish Defense Minister and Greek MPs prevailed with the Minister to leave the NATO meeting fuming. The serious diplomatic incident took place during the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Committee in Istanbul on Tuesday. “Demilitarize the islands” the MoD said. “You have no right to …
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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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January 25, 2021
Greece, Politics
Exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey resumed in Istanbul on Monday morning after they were interrupted in March 2016. The talks are not negotiations but a mere record of “bilateral disputes” they could discuss in the future even in the event of seeking a solution at the International Court of …
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January 7, 2021
Social, Society
The tiny “Rum” – Greek Orthodox – community in Istanbul has dwindled to the point that survival is uncertain. The cultural heirs of the Eastern Roman Empire have left the city following pogroms and expulsions. Members of the “Rums” as Turkey calls them spoke to The Times about how they …
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November 17, 2020
Politics, World
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Istanbul on Tuesday, where his schedule includes meetings with religious leaders but not government officials. Pompeo’s stop in Turkey is focused on promoting religious freedom and fighting religious persecution, which is a key priority for the US administration, officials said. Pompeo discussed religious …
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September 22, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece and Turkey have agreed to resume exploratory contacts in Istanbul, the Greek Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday afternoon, however without specifying the date. The two countries “have agreed to hold the 61st round of exploratory contacts in Istanbul, in the near future,” the ministry said in a surprisingly brief …
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July 24, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Uncategorized
On 24 of July 2020, when Hagia Sophia was officially converted into a mosque, is the day Greek patriots wished the “Marbled King” would wake up, conquer Constantinople again and have Turks return to their homeland, the Red Apple Tree. The “Marbled King” is Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine …
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April 2, 2019
Turkey-GR
Ekrem Imamoglu was elected on Sunday to be the next mayor of Istanbul. The 49-year-old low-profile candidate from secular Republican People’s Party (CHP) managed to win AKP’s candidate and former prime minister Binali Yildirim and conquer Istanbul Erdogan’s party was holding since the beginning of the 1990’s. Imamoglu is considered …
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August 27, 2018
Greece, Politics
The Russian hackers indicted by the U.S. special prosecutor last month have spent years trying to steal the private correspondence of some of the world’s most senior Orthodox Christian figures, The Associated Press has found, illustrating the high stakes as Kiev and Moscow wrestle over the religious future of Ukraine. …
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May 2, 2018
Turkey-GR
Racist graffiti has been written on the wall of the Armenian Surp Takavor Church in Istanbul’s Kadıköy district, weekly newspaper Agos has reported. Graffiti reading “This homeland is ours” was inscribed on the wall and a pile of trash was also dumped in front of the church’s door. Upon examination …
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April 11, 2018
Turkey-GR
Greece’s neighbors in the East never run out of ideas when it comes to provoke their neighbors in the West, Athens thinks. But sometimes, the reason for some provokation is simply an inner Turkish wish to be …Greek. An event organized by main opposition party the Kemalists of republican CHP …
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May 19, 2017
Earthquake
The city of Istanbul is focus of great concern for earthquake scientists. The epicenter of the next big earthquake lies in the eastern Marmara Sea, in the south of the Turkish metropolitan area of Istanbul German German scientists warn. The researchers have evaluated earthquake data from two big earthquakes in …
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February 7, 2017
Earthquake, Very Mix
The mayor of Turkey’s capital Ankara is convinced about the source of the recent earthquakes in Canakkale, in the west of the country. Mayor Melih Gökçek claims to have conducted reach and have found out that the earthquakes could have been organized by dark external powers aiming to destroy Turkey’s …
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October 22, 2016
Politics, Turkey-GR
Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos cancelled his visit to Istanbul on Saturday due to the recent provoking statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The purpose of Kammenos’ visit was to attend the ceremony celebrating the 25-year anniversary of the enthronement of Ecumenic Patriarch Bartholomew. According to Greek media, the …
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June 6, 2013
Very Mix
Greek student Giorgos Iatridis was detained together with ten other foreigners on Tuesday night with charges of inciting the protests in Taksim Square in Istambul. According to his website Alexiptoto, Iatridis was living in Istanbul since October 2012. He is a post-degree student at Aristoteleio University in Thessaloniki and move …
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May 10, 2013
Turkey-GR
An alleged assassination plot against Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos has been foiled by police in Turkey. According to Turkish media, one suspect has been arrested while police is searching for two others. The investigation was launched after a letter was sent from the Central Anatolia province of Kayseri, claiming that the …
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