Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Hagia Sophia, a World Heritage monument which he turned into a mosque, to inspect how the ‘conversion’ was going before the first Friday prayer. Inside, turquoise-coloured carpet…
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that Hagia Sophia mosque will be open for prayer on July 24. “Hagia Sophia will start functioning as a mosque after 86 years. I hope this…
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias highlighted the benefits that Greece derives from the demarcation of maritime zones with Italy, as well as the next moves, in an interview with Antenna. He also…
Greece’s Foreign Ministry issued a stern rebuke on Monday against Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, accusing him of spreading ‘fake news’ in his claims that Greek security forces had killed migrants on…
The Federation of Pontian Associations of Australia has written a letter objecting to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s upcoming visit to Australia to attend the ANZAC Day commemoration events, stating, “Erdogan’s visit is…
Austria’s conservative Chancellor-elect Sebastian Kurz threw his support behind Greece over the migration crisis which he accuses Turkey of weaponising for political leverage. Kurz made the comments in an interview with the…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, announced his determination to take Turkey to the International Court of Justice in the Hague to settle the perennial disputes in the Aegean. Mitsotakis made the comments…
During a televised interview on Sunday evening, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan argued that Turkey has every right to drill off the Greek island of Crete, adding that the agreement with Libya…
Greece’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement rebuking Turkey for accusing the Greek army of war crimes during the Greco-Turkish war (1919–1922) and its revisionist approach to history. “One chooses insult when they…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are set to hold a tense meeting on the sidelines of the NATO 70th Anniversary summit in London today, Wednesday, December 4, over energy exploration…
The Prime Minister of Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis is scheduled to meet with Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit held in London on Wednesday. According to sources, Erdogan…
After a controversial meeting at the White House between United States President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump announced he’s a “big fan” of Erdogan. This came at…
For a second day, an alleged American member of the Islamic State has been stranded on the border between Greece and Turkey after Ankara tried to send him to Greece, who refused…
On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan showed no willingness to back down saying the military offensive into northeast Syria is as “vital” to Turkey as its 1974 military invasion of Cyprus,…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has threatened the European Union his government would open the gates to millions of refugees to head to Europe if they criticised Turkey’s military offensive in Syria. The…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had his first meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York on Wednesday. The pressing issue…
Migrants at the Moria Reception and Identification Center in Lesvos island have reached a staggering 12,000 at facilities that are designed to house only up to 3,000, the center’s officials reported on…
Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has slammed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a statement he made about opening the gates to millions of migrants to massively enter Greece and entire Europe.…
Greece’s Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias condemned the latest Turkish provocation which saw Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan standing in front of a map depicting half the Aegean Sea as Turkish. “The borders…
A photograph has emerged of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, standing in front of a map that depicts half of the Aegean Sea as well as the eastern coast of Crete belonging…