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Turkish Violations of Greek Airspace Double in Two Years

While Turkey escalates tensions in the Aegean with repeated issuings of illegal NAVTEXes, the amount of Turkish warplane overflights over Greece in 2020 outnumber those that have been made in the past decade. The number of overflights of Turkish fighter...

NATO Chief Refuses to Condemn Turkish Violations of Greek Airspace

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has once again sided with Turkey when CNN journalist Hala Gorani asked him three times about Turkey violating Greek airspace and he refused all three times to answer the question claiming that Ankara is under...

Turkish Jets Commit 50 New Violations of Greek Airspace

Greek military authorities recently announced that Turkish jets had committed a total of 50 new violations in the country's national airspace just on one day, Thursday, July 2. The violations were reported to have occurred within the northeastern, central and...

Turkish Violations of Greek Airspace Reach Record Numbers in 2019

The Greek General Staff announced on Tuesday that the number of incidents of Turkish aircraft violating the country's airspace over the Aegean in the first ten months of 2019 has reached 3,954. According to the data released, this constitutes the...

Cyprus Officially Reports Turkish Airspace and Maritime Violations to the UN

Ambassador Andreas Mavroyiannis, Cyprus’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, has strongly protested ''the continuing violations of the national airspace and territorial waters of Cyprus by Turkey, as well as the infringements by the latter of international air traffic...

Greek Airspace Violations by Turkish Jets Escalate

In a major escalation of provocations, Turkish jets violated Greek national airspace a total of 99 separate times on Tuesday, according to the Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA). Forty-six of those violations were conducted by fighter jets and the...

Greece, Turkey in War of Words Over Aegean Airspace Violations

On Friday, Greece's Foreign Ministry criticized comments by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who reportedly said his country will respond every time Greek fighter jets fly over the Aegean. On March 14, Erdogan said that if Greece sends out fighter...

Barrage of New Violations of Greek Airspace by Turkish Jets

The Hellenic National Defense General Staff (GEETHA) recorded 36 violations of Greek national air space over the northeast, central and southeast parts of the Aegean Sea on Wednesday. GEETHA said nine of the violations were carried out by three formations...

Cyprus Protests Turkey’s Airspace Violations to UN

Cyprus officially lodged a complaint on Thursday at the United Nations about Turkey’s continuing violations of its national airspace and territorial waters. The complaint called for an immediate end to Turkey's actions. Along with a letter to the UN Secretary...

Barrage of Greek Airspace Violations by Turkish Fighter Jets

A new barrage of provocative violations of Greek airspace by Turkish fighter jets took place on Thursday over the Aegean, with Greek Air Force planes forced to intercept, resulting in a virtual jet fight. Specifically, Turkish aircraft made 43 violations...

Turkish Aircrafts Commit 16 Violations of Greek Airspace in One Day

On Monday Turkish fighter jets once again entered Greek airspace as authorities have reported an astounding 16 violations in just one day. The Turkish fighter jets flew into Greece's airspace over the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean, according to the...

More Violations and Dogfights as Turkish Fighter Jets Enter Greece's Airspace

Two Turkish fighter jets and two naval cooperation aircraft entered Athens’ FIR on Tuesday without submitting a flight plan. Greek authorities recorded three violations of air traffic rules which resulted in two violations of national airspace over the northeastern and southeastern...

Greek-Turkish Dogfights Over the Aegean on Monday; Violations of Greek Airspace

Two violations over Greek air space by two pairs of Turkish jets were noted on Monday. Lately, violations have escalated along with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's fiery rhetoric encouraging Turkish youth to question the peace Treaty of Lausanne...

Turkey Commits More Violations as Plane Enters Greece Airspace 17 Times

According to reports on Wednesday a Turkish CN-235 transport plane entered Greek national airspace 17 times. The airspace violations took place in the northeastern, central and southeastern Aegean on Wednesday and comes after several prior airspace violations over the past...

Greek-Turkish Dogfights Over the Aegean With 23 Violations of Greek Air Space

There is no end to Turkish provocations in the Aegean with interventions over Greek air space and Athens FIR (Flight Information Region). Greece's daily Kathimerini reports that six Turkish F16 jets and one CN-235 navy jet were responsible for...