Turkey

Tens of thousands of ethnically-Greek orphans -- or, more often, children who were simply without fathers, due to war or other causes -- were taken abroad

A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to 2 years and 7 months in prison on Wednesday on charges of insulting members of Turkey's Supreme Electoral Council. The court convicted Imamoglu of the charge and also imposed a political...

Further escalating Turkish rhetoric against Greece, on Sunday, Erdogan warned that Turkish missiles could hit Athens if its neighbor doesn't "stay calm." “Now we have started to make our own missiles,” the Turkish President said during a speech on Sunday...

Democrat Senator and Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Robert Menendez clarified that he will not approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. He added that the final text of the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...

On tuesday, Turkey threatened Greece that it "will do what is necessary" if Athens refuses to demilitarize the Aegean islands. The new threat was expressed by Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. “Greece continues its provocations," he said at a joint press...

Levante Ferries Group has announced that its ferry route between Thessaloniki in northern Greece and the city of Izmir (Smyrna) on Turkey's western coast will be temporarily suspended until the Summer of 2023. The Smyrna di Levante's maiden voyage was...

The rising intensity of Turkish airstrikes on targets in Syria has jeopardized operations against ISIS, according to US officials. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which are mostly bolstered by units from the Kurdish People's Protection Unit (YPG), have said they...

Abdullah Öcalan, the founder of the Kurdish PKK organization, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), accusing Greece of violating his rights during his stay in the country. ECHR approved his appeal and a hearing will be...

The military balance between Greece and Turkey is of great importance as relations between the two countries have deteriorated so sharply that a conflict in the Aegean has become a conceivable possibility. As a result, the military balance between Athens...

Turkey has announced new drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean with the newly-inaugurated Abdulhamid Han drillship set to sail in the coming days. “Its new mission is planned to be in the Mediterranean,” said the director general of the Turkish Oil...