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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Friday that Turkey has restarted a search for energy in the eastern Mediterranean, accusing neighboring Greece of failing to keep its promises. “We have resumed the drilling activity. We ...
Egypt and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday designating an exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean between the two countries, an area containing promising oil and gas reserves, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. ...
Greece’s navy has deployed ships in the Aegean Sea in “heightened readiness” over Turkish energy exploration activities, a navy source said Wednesday. The move came after the Greek foreign ministry on Tuesday formally protested to ...
The European Union’s relationship with Turkey will be one of the main focuses of Germany’s 6-month presidency of the Council of the European Union. “We need a coherent Turkey strategy,” Chancellor Angela Merkel told the German ...
The EU Foreign Affairs Council will draft a proposal on Greece’s request that would allow for sanctions to be placed on Turkey if Ankara commits criminal acts against Greece, the Greek Foreign Minister said on ...
To President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his religious conservative supporters, the reconversion of the Hagia Sophia to a mosque is a milestone in Turkey’s rebirth as a powerful, Muslim nation after a century of misguided ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – President Tayyip Erdogan declared Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia a mosque on Friday with the first Muslim prayers to begin in two weeks, after a top court ruled the ancient building’s conversion to a ...
An adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made threats against Greece, saying Turkey would retaliate if Greece moves to defend parts of the Mediterranean Sea that Ankara has been exploring following a controversial agreement ...
ATHENS, (BM) – The active confrontation between Greece and Turkey on the Mediterranean Sea, forced Athens to demonstrate full determination to the Turkish military, as a result of which the Greek military stormed and successfully captured ...
“I swear to God I’m really tired,” 18-year old Syrian Ibrahim Gazel said, standing in a field of dashed dreams. He was crowded with others who’d flocked to Turkey’s northern border with Greece after Turkey’s ...
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