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Levissi: The Ghost Village in Turkey Once Home to 10,000 Greeks

The ghost village of Levissi (known today as Kayaköy) was once a bustling Greek village on the slopes of a hill in the district of Fethiye, Turkey, almost opposite the island of Rhodes. Greeks of the 5,000-year-old village were ethnically...

Greece Joins European Missile Defense Project

Greece and Turkey on Thursday will formally join the European Sky Shield Initiative (ESSI), a German-led missile defense project, according to Minister of Defense Nikos Dendias. ESSI is a project to build a ground-based integrated European air defense system that...

Turkey and Egypt Hail ‘New Era’ in Relations During Erdogan’s Visit

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had face-to-face talks with Egypt's Abdel Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday in Cairo, following more than a decade of tensions between the two countries. The two countries decided to resume the functions of the high-level strategic...

Orthodox Community Holds Mass in Earthquake-Ruined Greek Church of Antioch

The Antioch Greek Orthodox Church in Antakya, Turkey, which was reduced to rubble by an earthquake last year, saw an emotional mass ceremony held for victims of the disaster recently. The deadly earthquake that rocked southern and central Turkey and...

Lessons From the Imia Crisis That Led Greece and Turkey to the Brink of War

The crisis over the sovereignty of Imia, a pair of small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea, in January 1996 led Greece and Turkey to the brink of war. The quickly spiraling crisis saw the deployment of both countries’ special...

The Stunning Byzantine Church Found in Cappadocia’s Underground City

It was in February 2016 that archaeologists unearthed a unique rock-carved Byzantine-era underground church in Nevsehir, Cappadocia, central Turkey. The 1,500-year-old church was decorated with never-before-seen frescoes depicting Jesus rising into the sky, what the Bible calls the Ascension. There...

Smiling Virgin Mary Fresco at Cappadocia Monastery Puzzles Scientists

Scientists are debating if a fresco depicting a smiling Virgin Mary in the Gumusler Monastery in Cappadocia, Turkey is original or the result of a restoration gone wrong. Carved into a large rock mass in the Cappadocia region, the monastery...

Imia: The Time When Greece and Turkey Were Closest to War

As unlikely as it may seem, a dispute over salvage rights between Turkish and Greek captains was the trigger for a series of events which escalated into a major international incident called the Imia Crisis. The quickly-spiraling crisis saw the...

Greece Expects U.S. Nod on F-35 Sale

Greece is expecting the official letter from the US State Department to approve the sale of F-35s to Greece, a day after President Biden urged Congress to quickly approve a $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. Athens...

The Nightmare Scenario in Cyprus and Annexation by Turkey

The past couple of years in Cyprus have been filled with rising tensions, including threats of annexation by Turkey. Due to Cyprus' guarantor status, any changes in the country’s borders would be tantamount to a declaration of war, particularly against...