Greece wants to keep relations with its difficult neighbor and nominal NATO ally Turkey as drama-free as possible in the run-up to the meeting of the bilateral Supreme Cooperation Council in Turkey toward the end of January.
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Turkish Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, who Ankara says was behind a 2016 failed coup, has died in the United States where he was based, Turkish media and a website associated with Gulen said on Monday. He was 83.
In early 2024, the alliance of states known under the acronym BRICS grew from five (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) to nine members.
Alan Makovsky, a senior fellow for the Center for American Progress and a former senior staffer with responsibility for Turkey on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joins Thanos Davelis to break down why President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s absurd claims that Israel wants to target Turkey, if left unchecked, risk stoking more hatred in Turkey and the region.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday that a project to possibly supply Turkey with Eurofighter jets was an effort being driven by Britain and was in the early stages.
Police have arrested two men in the western port of Igoumenitsa after more than 3,000 packs of contraband cigarettes were found hidden in the van they were travelling in.
Six people were killed and 25 were injured when a bus rolled over in Turkey’s central province of Aksaray on Friday, the local governor said.
Germany is demanding written guarantees from Turkey to ensure that Eurofighter Typhoon jets, worth $5.6 billion, won’t be used to violate Greek airspace.
An independent radio station in Istanbul has shut down after Turkey’s regulator cancelled its terrestrial broadcasting licence after it failed to comply with a suspension order over comments made by a guest on the genocide of Armenians.
A bus carrying Japanese tourists veered off a road and crashed into a ditch in Turkey on Thursday, injuring 22 people on board, the state-run news agency reported.
Turkey will conduct a naval exercise in the Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea between October 21 and 25, Turkish Defense Ministry spokesperson Zeki Akturk said on Thursday.
Turkey has been conducting technical works aimed at accelerating its planned purchase of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, a Defense Ministry official said on Thursday.
Former prime minister Antonis Samaras accused the government of his New Democracy successor of taking too soft a stance towards Turkey, saying that “when ‘calm waters’ lead to the silent acceptance of fait accomplis, it always brings great storms.”
As Greece and Turkey prepare for a pivotal round of talks on November 7, Ankara is pressing for broader discussions, including issues of sovereignty, territorial waters, airspace, the demilitarization of islands, and the control of certain geographical formations.
Turkey has spent eight of the first nine months of 2024 as Europe’s largest producer of coal-fired electricity, overtaking Germany and Poland as it cranked coal burning for power.
This past weekend, the political magazine Der Spiegel, known (and dreaded by some) for its exclusive insights, reported that the German government has approved large-scale arms deals with Turkey for the first time in years.
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