Outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg insisted on Thursday that Greece and Turkey “are two valuable and important allies” that contribute to common defense and security in different ways.
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The United States must take a firmer stance toward Turkey and stop underestimating the growing anti-American sentiment in the country, according to Steven Cook, Eni Enrico Mattei senior fellow for Middle East and Africa studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, in this interview with Kathimerini.
Austrian analyst and head of the European Stability Initiative Gerald Knaus stresses the need for Greece and other countries to pressure for changes in the European Union’s refugee legislation.
Turkey and Sweden will hold their first meeting on Wednesday addressing a security pact the sides agreed to ensure Ankara’s approval of Stockholm’s NATO membership bid, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Tuesday.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias is a “provocateur” and among the “extremist elements” in Greece who are trying to underline the dialogue between it and Turkey, a spokesman for Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) has charged.
A confidential report authored by Greek security authorities charting the activity of the Turkish mafia in Greece has issued a stern warning about the risk of its being used as a tool by secret services.
Greek police are interrogating a 40-year-old Turkish national, allegedly a member of the Turkish criminal organization known as “Hawks,” who was arrested Wednesday on the island of Chios.
Defense Minister Nikos Dendias visited the remote eastern island of Kastellorizo in the Dodecanese on the occasion of the 81st anniversary of the liberation of the island.
The body of a Turkish-American activist was received with a solemn ceremony at the airport in Istanbul on Friday, arriving a week after she was shot in the head by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank.
A Turkish court on Friday jailed pending trial the mother and brother of a murdered eight-year-old girl whose body was found in a sack hidden under rocks in a case that horrified the nation and triggered protests since her disappearance three weeks ago.
Russia completely disagrees with comments from Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan that Crimea should return to Ukrainian control, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Taking another step in its promotion of the “Blue Homeland” doctrine that violates international law, Turkey has included the theory in the 9th grade geography textbooks of the country’s high schools (age 14).
A 78-year-old Greek man from Kozani, northern Greece, who had been missing in Istanbul for nearly a week, has been found safe.
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD’s investment process in Turkey continues without any problems, Turkish industry ministry sources said on Thursday when asked about China’s warning to its companies about risks of investing overseas.
The International Coordinating Committee Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) condemned Netflix’s decision to limit the international release of the series “Famagusta” due to pressure from Turkey.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Thursday that a German plan to impose tighter checks at its land borders amounted to unilaterally scrapping Europe’s open-border Schengen zone and would burden frontline states such as Greece.
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