Tag Archives: Yildirim

The official Ankara claims the Turkish Coast Guard has illegally landed on a Greek islet in the eastern Aegean Sea and took down a Greek flag. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim said “There was an attempt to plant a Greek flag on an uninhabited rocky …

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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim called Prime Minister Alexisi Tsipras on Thursday and expressed his and  President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s condolences over the death of the Greek Air Force pilot Giorgos Baltadoros. The 34-year-old pilot died when Mirage 2000-5 crashed into the sea off the island of Skyros after returning …

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Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım threatened  not only hydrocarbon survey ships of oil giant Exxon Mobile but also the US 6th Fleet is participating in a naval exercise in the area 7-18 March 2018. little red arrow: US Naval exercise “The Republic of Cyprus would not be allowed to get …

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“In our history there is neither colonialism, nor massacre, nor genocide. There is brotherhood and unity,” Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildiz told the Dogan news agency. Commenting on the recent Dutch Parliament decision to recognize the Armenian genocide, the Turkish Prime Minister said: “The decision taken by the Dutch Parliament …

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“Nobody should make wrong calculation in the Aegean and the Mediterranean,” Turkish Pprimin minister Binali Yildirim said and convinced he had warned enough Greece and Cyprus. “Turkey’s naval forces have  the power to eliminate any kind of threat in the Aegean and the Mediterranean under any condition and circumstance,” Yildirim …

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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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Less than 48 hours after the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Greece and Ankara made new claims about the islets in the Aegean Sea. “The status of 132 islets in the Aegean is gray,” Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said and added that “The Aegean Sea is not …

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Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras meets Turkish counterpart Binali Yildirim  in Athens on Monday morning, amid tension over Turkish military personnel seeking asylum in Greece. Hours before the visit, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that ‘Greece hosts ten terrorists.’ “Neighbors must support each in difficult times,” Tsipras told Yildirim and stressed …

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“We reached two meters away from Imia.” This is what the Turkish Armed Forces claim in a footage given to local media on Tuesday and in another attempt to create an artificial crisis with Greece. The Turkish Soap Opera continues without a break. According to the reports, a vessel of …

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Turkey’s appetite for expansion has not been satisfied with the massive airspace violations, the provocative visit of its top brass at Imia islet and the challenging statements. Now Prime Minister Binali Yildirim wants 130 islets and rocks i the Aegean Sea. Speaking to reporters in Ankara, Yildirim said that there …

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