Tag: greece

IZMIR, Turkey Sixty-three irregular migrants pushed back into Turkish territorial waters by Greek authorities were rescued off Cesme district in ...

Thousands of police have been deployed in Greece's second largest city Thessaloniki ahead of protests during a policy speech by ...

Turkey on Friday rescued at least 176 asylum seekers, who were pushed back by Greek coastal authorities into Turkish territorial ...

ANKARA Greece must put an end to its interventionist practices and policies of pressure against Muslim religious leaders elected by ...

ANKARA Three people, including two suspected members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup ...

IZMIR/BALIKESIR/AYDIN, Turkey  The Turkish Coast Guard rescued on Friday as many as 174 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea after ...

IZMIR/KOCAELI, Turkey  The Turkish Coast Guard rescued a total of 172 asylum seekers off Izmir province since Sunday. On Aug. ...

The Great Offensive, or Büyük Taarruz as it is known in Turkish, was commemorated Thursday where it took place almost ...

EDIRNE, Turkey Seven suspected members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in Turkey, ...

EDIRNE, Turkey Turkey on Sunday warned Greece against “expansionist attitudes,” saying it is just chasing a “vain hope”. “Greece should ...

MUGLA, Turkey Turkey arrested six alleged members of the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) – the group behind the 2016 defeated ...

ANKARA Turkey late on Friday rejected remarks by the Greek Foreign Ministry on the non-admission of a Greek citizen into ...

AYDIN, Turkey The Turkish Coast Guard rescued 14 asylum seekers on Friday who were pushed back by Greek authorities, according ...

Amid major wildfires across the country, Greek authorities on Thursday ordered the evacuation of several cities. Blazes burning for a ...

In a violation of longstanding treaties, Greece on Monday decided to close 12 more schools serving the country's Muslim Turkish ...

ANKARA Turkey’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a diplomatic note to Greece over the killing of a Turkish citizen in ...

1 day ago Greek authorities have charged an Afghan refugee, whose son died while attempting to reach a Greek island, ...

Rescue operations take place after an earthquake struck the Aegean Sea, in Bayrakli district of Turkey's coastal province of Izmir, ...

Unilateralism from some stakeholders in the Eastern Mediterranean is stalling genuine efforts to find a resolution to the dispute.The international ...

The EU and the US have an important role to play in ensuring multinational cooperation but they have yet to ...

No project in the Eastern Mediterranean can achieve its full potential without taking Turkey on board.Greece, Greek Cypriot Administration and ...

Aggressive diplomacy from Greece can't change the reality that Turkey has a rightful stake in the Eastern Mediterranean.Last Tuesday, Greece ...

The US needs to be more transparent in its exercises with Greece to preserve its relationship with Turkey.Last October, US ...

Turkey, Turkish Cypriots, Greece, and Greek Cypriots can end the energy dilemma in the Eastern Mediterranean through dialogue, while keeping ...

The European Union would likely be a productive mediator and not an antagonist as it is now. But it's not ...

Thousands of refugees and asylum seekers lost their only homes on the Greek island of Lesbos in a deadly fire ...

The European Union and its allies need to play a more constructive role in the eastern Mediterranean row between Greece ...

After Turkey and Libya's deal was registered by the UN the two sides have deepened their relationship.Recently, the UN registered ...

Search and rescue work continues in debris of buildings located in the Bayrakli district of Izmir, Turkey, on October 31, ...

At least two teenagers have died and eight more people are injured as a severe earthquake hit the eastern Greek ...

A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Seferihisar district in the western province of Izmir on Friday according to ...

A French frigate cruising the tense Eastern Mediterranean waters has been closely following the activities of Turkey’s seismic research vessels, ...

European Union leaders on Thursday demanded that Turkey show them some respect amid the ongoing maritime disputes between Ankara and ...

A Greek navy minesweeper and a Portuguese-flagged cargo ship collided Tuesday outside the country’s main port of Piraeus, leaving two ...

Migrants arrive in a dinghy accompanied by a Frontex vessel at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island ...

On October 16, Turkey allegedly tested its S-400 defence systems in the coastal city of Sinop after issuing warning notices ...

With the military coup of Abdel Fattah el Sisi against Egypt's first democratically-elected government of president Mohamed Morsi, Ankara and ...

Turkish President Erdogan addresses his Justice and Development (AK) Party's group meeting in Ankara, Turkey on October 14, 2020. (AA) ...

Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis is escorted by Turkish Navy ships as it sets sail in the Mediterranean Sea, ...

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden steps from his plane en route to a campaign event in Pennsylvania at Hagerstown ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias touch elbows during their meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece, ...

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias touch elbows during their meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece, ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis gestures during a news conference with European Council President Charles Michel (not pictured), in Athens, ...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) receives North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (L) at the Presidential ...

France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures next to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a photo opportunity at the NATO leaders ...

This handout photograph released by the Turkish Defence Ministry on August 12, 2020, shows Turkish seismic research vessel Oruc Reis ...

In the same statement, the US embassy added that it supports good faith dialogue and encourages talks between Turkey and ...

President Erdogan says he wants to give diplomacy a chance and hasn't ruled out a meeting with Greek PM Mitsotakis ...