Tag Archives: Turkey

Sovereignty issues are never going to be on the discussion table with Turkiye and we will defend our sovereign rights, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Friday in an interview with Skai TV. Speaking about the meeting with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, a day earlier in Brussels, Gerapetritis said …

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“Greece is in principle in favor of Turkiye’s European path,” Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis said on Thursday. “Of course, it is self-evident that this path goes through respect for international law, the European acquis, respect for the sovereignty and sovereign rights of all member states,” he added. Minister Gerapetritis made …

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Greece and Turkey jointly organize a landmark event, the Hackathon 2024, for students, start-uppers and scientists, the foreign ministries of the two counties announced on Monday. In a joint statement, the Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Greece and Türkiye, Costas Fragogiannis and Mehmet Kemal Bozay, respectively, announced the upcoming …

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Tension between Greece and Turkey has been rising in the Aegean Sea again in the last 24 hours, after Ankara deployed warships just outside the Greek territorial waters between the islands of Kasos and Karpathos. The Turkish warships are monitoring the Italian research vessel “Ievoli Relume,” which is conducting surveys …

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Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis sent a message to Turkey that Greece’s F-35 jets will land suddenly one night in Ankara and create havoc. The Greek Minister was actually responding to the threats by the Turkish Defense Ministry against Cyprus on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the invasion of …

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Turkey’s Defense Ministry posted a message on social media on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s invasion of Cyprus, which included a bellicose warning: “[We] may come unexpectedly one night.” Bu kadar yürekten çağırma beni, Bir gece ansızın gelebilirim… 🇹🇷 Mutlu Barış Harekâtı’nın 50’nci yılında, Kıbrıs’taki Türk …

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“Greece does not accept recommendations on how to exercise its policy and protect its national interests,” diplomatic sources stressed on Tuesday, in response to Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan statements that “Cyprus, Greece should ‘stay away’ from Middle East matters.” “During the Middle East crisis, Greece has maintained a stance …

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Statements by the CEO of Enterprise Greece, Marinos Giannopoulos, on “Greece-Turkey energy cooperation in the Aegean and Southern Mediterranean” have raised question marks, reported diplomacy journalist Nikos Meletis on news website liberal.gr In an interview with Turkish news agency Anadolu, Galanopoulos presented investment opportunities in Greece and referred to pipelines …

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Greece has found an unexpected supporter in its legitimate claim for the return of the stolen Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum. A Turkish archaeologist said last week that there is no any written authorization by the Ottoman Empire allowing Lord Elgin to remove the Parthenon Sculptures. Already in 2019, …

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A woman was killed and two other people were injured, all Greeks, in a traffic accident that took place in the city of Usak near Izmir in West Turkey on Thursday morning. According to Turkish media information, the 67-year-old woman died on the spot as she was thrown from the …

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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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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that the conversion of the historic Byzantine church of Chora in Istanbul into a mosque was not necessary. He added that he will put the issue to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet in Ankara next week. The “unnecessary conversion …

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Of all things on Easter Monday, the Turkish government decided to announce the formal opening of another Byzantine church into a mosque. After Hagia Sophia, the Chora church is the second magnificent heritage of Greek Orthodoxy that Turkey converts into a mosque and opens for prayers to Muslim faithful. The …

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“Turkiye must respect the European acquis, which fully includes the participation at all levels of the Republic of Cyprus,” Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis stressed on Friday in an interview with “Kanali Ena”, commenting on the conclusions of the European Council, which link the progress of EuroTurkish relations with developments in …

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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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Greece’s Foreign Ministry affirmed its commitment to safeguarding its sovereign rights, while accusing Turkey of attempting to “politicize” an environmental conservation issue, that of marine parks to be established in the Aegean and the Ionian Sea. Greece reaction comes after Turkey challenged on Tuesday Greek sovereign rights and criticized Athens …

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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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The Foreign Ministry has sent a note verbale to the Turkish government regarding two recent navigational telexes (Navtex) that Ankara issued reserving a large area in the Aegean for aeronautical exercises and linking Greece’s sovereignty over a number of islands to their demilitarization. Diplomatic sources told the AMNA news agency …

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Ruling New Democracy MP and professor of international law, Angelos Syrigos, stirred the public debate when he claimed that “some articles of the Lausanne Treaty were out of date.” Among others, he referred to the articles regarding the military presence on the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea. Syrigos’ statements …

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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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