Edirne

Greeks and Bulgarians are rushing to the border city of Edirne (Andrianoupolis) in Turkey to shop -- and even buy property -- as the nation's currency, the lira, is collapsing, Turkish daily Hurriyet reports. The lira dropped as much as...

A Greek police officer and his partner who were arrested by Turkish security forces on Sunday near the border region of Evros were released on Monday according to the Greek Ministry of Civil Protection. The pair, from the northeastern Greek...

The Mayor of Edirne, Turkey, Recep Gürkan, has come under attack on social media for welcoming tourists to his province with multilingual posters put up all over the city. Some posters were in Greek and used the Greek version...

Greece's defense minister has claimed the detention of two soldiers in Turkey in a border incident earlier this year was carried out on the direct orders of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Panos Kammenos told Greek radio on Wednesday the two...

Two Greek officers held in jail in Edirne, Turkey, were granted a special monthly allowance through an amendment voted by all parties in parliament on Wednesday. The two servicemen have been held since early March after entering Turkish territory while...

The defense team of the two Greek soldiers held in a Turkish jail since March 2 after accidentally crossing into the country's territory have launched another appeal for their release. Handcuffed Sgt. Dimitris Kouklatzis, 27, and Lt. Angelos Mitretodis, 25,...

Turkish authorities, on Tuesday, rejected yet another request from Greece for the release of the two Greek soldiers who have been jailed in Edirne since March 1. This was the third official request for the release of Aggelos Mitretodis and...

The Turkish government has approved a request by a Greek member of the European Parliament to visit the two Greek soldiers being held in a maximum-security jail. According to an Athens-Macedonian News Agency (AMNA) report, the green light for the...

Turkey has hit back at a statement by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker who while visiting Athens on Thursday called for the release of two Greek soldiers held in a Turkish jail. A statement by Turkey’s Foreign Ministry claims that...

  A Turkish court has rejected for a third time the appeal launched by the defense team of the two Greek soldiers held in Edirne for their release on bail. According to Turkish media, the judge rejected the appeal claiming that...