Tag Archives | Turkey

Turkey New Migration Alternative for Greeks

According to ‘Deutsche Welle’, the citizens of Greek migration to other countries are finding a remedy to the crisis. For the migration of Greeks are generally preferred overseas countries and Western Europe, although the last time Turkey began to be seen as a country of immigration. According to a show on a Turkish television program, [...]

Greece Guest of Honor in Travel Turkey 2011 Exhibition

Travel Turkey Izmir, which has set out with the objective of creating new locations and making contributions to the promotion of Turkey, was again held under the patronage of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism, as it has been in the past. The Netherlands was the partner country and Greece was the Guest [...]

Patriarch of Serbia Visits Halki School of Theology

On Monday, Serbia’s Patriarch Irinej paid a visit to the Theological School of Halki, the former Orthodox seminary on the island of Heybeliada in Turkey, accompanied by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The Patriarchs were cordially welcomed by the Metropolitan of Proussis Elpidoforos, the new abbot of the Halki Monastery that maintains the premises of the former seminary [...]

Greek Academic Suggests Charities Instead of Dogfights

Greek Academic, Charis Tzimitras, who has lived for 10 years in Turkey, makes a simple suggestion to the Greek Government in order to unify the two sides of Aegean Sea: “Instead of dogfights, deposit the money spent for dogfights in order to make charities in Turkey. In this way, many will realize that it is [...]

Greek Minister of Defense Meets with Turkish Counterpart

“We agreed to work even harder to create a climate of mutual trust and new Confidence Building Measures in order to reduce the mistrust between the two sides”, National Defence Minister Panos Beglitis stated after his first meeting with his Turkish counterpart Ismet Yilmaz, in the framework of the session of Defence ministers of countries [...]

Greek Minority Schools in Turkey with No Books

Students in Turkey’s Greek minority schools are using photocopies instead of books since the books sent from Greece still await approval to be distributed. Minority schools for Greek-Turks in Istanbul have begun their new term without any text books, as ministries have not yet issued the required permits for the books that were sent from [...]