The American Hellenic Institute (AHI) criticized Netflix’s decision to restrict the international release of “Famagusta” to Greece and Cyprus due to Turkish government pressure.
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The defense cooperation agreement signed by Cyprus and the US that outlines ways the two countries can enhance their response to regional humanitarian crises and security concerns has elicited Turkey’s condemnation.
AHEPA Supreme President Savas C. Tsivicos sent an open letter on Monday to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos regarding the streaming giant’s decision to restrict the broadcasting of the “Famagusta” TV series outside Greece, following pressure from Turkish authorities.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that Moscow hopes President Vladimir Putin can visit Turkey for talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan once preparations are completed.
Construction of Turkey’s first nuclear power plant is being delayed by Germany’s Siemens Energy withholding key parts required for it to be built by Russia’s Rosatom, which is seeking alternatives in China, Turkey’s energy minister said on Wednesday.
A Greek truck driver was shot and arrested by Turkish police at the Ipsala border station in Adrianople (Edirne) on Tuesday, according to Turkish authorities.
The limited expectations for substantial progress in Greek-Turkish relations were signified on Sunday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who noted that “the core of Turkish revisionism has not changed” ahead of his meeting with Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Turkey will discuss the Gaza war and ties with the Arab League when its foreign minister attends a ministerial meeting of the group in Cairo on Tuesday for the first time in 13 years, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday.
When, a few days ago, Turkey took delivery of its first German-built T-214 submarine with air-independent propulsion system, there was much anxious talk about how Greece is further falling behind in capability compared to its neighbor and nominal ally.
The Turkish president has hit out at military graduates who took a pro-secular oath during their graduation ceremony, promising that those behind it would be “purged” from the military.
For decades, beginning in the 19th century, Europeans referred to the Ottoman Empire as “the sick man of Europe.” First sultans and then so-called reformers acting in their names sought autocratic power.
Steven Cook, the Eni Enrico Mattei Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins Thanos Davelis to look at the visit of Egypt’s President al-Sisi to Turkey, explore whether we are seeing relations between Turkey and Egypt turn a new page, and break down what this means for the region.
Despite progress in diplomatic relations with Turkey, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis emphasized on Sunday that the essence of Turkish revisionism remains unchanged.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday Islamic countries should form an alliance against what he called “the growing threat of expansionism” from Israel, drawing a rebuke from the Israeli foreign minister.
This is not the first great turnaround in policy by Recep Tayyip Erdogan. However, the exchange of niceties with the Egyptian president whom, until recently, he was calling a “putschist” and “dictator,” has special significance.
A Greek and Cypriot series dealing with Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus in 1974 will not be broadcast outside Greece on Netflix following lobbying from Turkey, Turkey’s TV watchdog has claimed.
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