Greece
Greece
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...
Diplomacy
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...
Environment
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...
Greece
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
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...
Greece
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...
Diplomacy
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...
Greece
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
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...
Greece
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...