The conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque has been hit with a new drama. Some 3,000 people are believed to have been infected with the coronavirus during the ceremony of Hagia…
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The Organising Committee of the International Congress of Byzantine Studies has announced that it has postponed this year’s congress and Istanbul will no longer hold the event, Turkey’s Gazete Duvar reported. “After…
On Friday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a decree changing the status of the Byzantine-era built Hagia Sophia from a museum to a mosque. The first Islamic service in the formerly…
A new museum is being set up near Hagia Sophia to display portable icons and Holy relics, Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said. Speaking at the signing of the…
Ivan Savvidis, a Russian-Georgian billionaire of Pontic Greek origins, who is also a former member of the Russian Parliament, has appealed to Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a strong position in…
The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) welcomed a comment by the United States Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback, who urged Turkey to abandon plans to reconvert the 6th century…
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, has warned that if Turkey persists with plans to reconvert Hagia Sophia into a mosque, it risks turning Christians against Muslims. According to the Orthodoxia news…
His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of 300 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, has expressed grief over plans by Turkey to convert the 6th-century former Orthodox Christian cathedral of Hagia…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has issued threats against Greece, shortly after receiving an invitation for dialogue from Greece. “Let them try! No one will dare to stop our drilling rigs: These…
While French and Turkish frigates almost opened fire against each other on June 16, tensions within the Atlantic Alliance are increasing. Dominique Trinquand, a former French military chief of mission to the…
The mayor of Constantinople has made his thoughts about the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque clear, and it appears to not be in support of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.…
Only earlier this month did Greece and Syria finally reactivate diplomatic relations for the first time since 2012, when the Greek government at the time went against its own interests by ending…
Turkey accused Greece’s parliament on Tuesday for supposed “baseless and delirious statements” about the Greek Genocide in Pontus. Turkish state-run media Anadolu Agency said Greece’s statements were “under the pretext of marking…
The Presidential Communication Director of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Fahrettin Altun, has given hints from his Twitter account that the Hagia Sophia cathedral will once again be converted into a Muslim…
Qatar Airways has announced that it will begin a phased approach to expand its network, initially to 52* destinations by the end of May and to 80* in June. Athens is scheduled…
A part of the Greek-built Byzantine wall on Sulukule Street in the Topkapı neighbourhood of Constantinople, has fallen. Reports state that police and firefighters attended the scene. While there were no dead…
Many like to focus their outrage of Greek-Turkish relations being hostile because of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. However, once again we can see that the so-called “secularist” and “progressive” nationalist Kemalists…
It is assumed that Greek life in Turkey is on its last breathe after centuries of slavery, genocide, cultural repression and a population exchange. However, as Greek City Times has already reported…
Donald Trump, Prime Minister of the United States made a phone call to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Easter Sunday, to express his warm wishes for the feast of Christ’s Resurrection and Holy…
With Turkey failing to asymmetrically invade Greece with illegal immigrants last month across the land border at Thrace, the Turkish leadership are finding new ways to pressurize Greece. As Greece has one…