Lausanne Treaty

Turkey Imposes New Restrictions on Greek Minority Schools

Turkey's Education Ministry has imposed new restrictions on Greek minority schools in Istanbul, mirroring a similar move by Greece against…

10 October 2024

Disappearing Legacy: The Struggle of Turkey's Greek Orthodox Community

Imagine a vibrant community of over 1.4 million people dwindling to a mere 1,500, mostly elderly. This is the harsh…

11 March 2024

MP Angelos Syrigos Stirs Controversy Calling Lausanne Treaty ‘Obsolete’

New Democracy MP Angelos Syrigos has stirred up a political storm with his assertion that the Lausanne Treaty of 1923…

5 January 2024

Greek President opening conference on Lausanne Treaty centenary in Athens on Monday

President of the Hellenic Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou is to declare the opening of a two-day international conference marking the centenary…

12 June 2023

US State Department Rejects Turkey Claims, Says: There is No Questioning the Sovereignty of the Greek Islands

There is no question over the sovereignty of the Greek islands in the Aegean as stated by a representative of…

12 February 2022

Erdoğan tells Patriarch Bartholomew that Greeks should return to Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople that he welcomes the return of Greeks to Turkey.…

7 May 2021

Turkish drill ships will not leave Cypriot waters unless energy benefits are shared, says Turkish Ambassador

Turkey’s Ambassador to Greece, Burak Ozugergin claimed that his country’s drilling ships and seismic research vessels will remain in Cyprus’…

29 October 2019

Greek FM urges EU members to share migration burden or be punished

Greece’s Foreign Minister, Nikos Dendias on Thursday called for EU member states who do not share their burden of the…

25 October 2019

Murder of 86-year-old Greek Christian man puts spotlight on Turkey's ethnic cleansing

By Uzay Bulut An 86-year-old ethnic-Greek citizen of Turkey, Zafiris Pinaris, was found murdered in his home on the island…

26 May 2019

'I respect the Lausanne Treaty' says Erdogan

In a surprising turn-around, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said he ‘respected’ the Treaty of Lausanne during an…

11 December 2017

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