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Ankara Shuns Germany's Mediation, Continues Threats Against Greece

The efforts of German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to act as a mediator between Athens and Ankara did not seem to fear fruit as his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu continued his threats against Greece. The two foreign ministers met in...

Erdogan Accuses Greece of Sowing Chaos; German FM Heads to Athens, Ankara

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas will be in Athens and Ankara on Tuesday to discuss the situation in the Eastern Mediterranean, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sends threatening messages to Greece again. In a speech on Monday, Erdogan said...

Turkish FM: We are Ready for Dialogue with Greece

We are ready for dialogue with Greece on the Eastern Mediterranean issue, said Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu speaking at a forum on tourism on Saturday. The statement came only one day after the Turkish official praised the agreement between...

Athens Rejects Turkey's Offers About ''Greek Compromise'' in East Med

Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias responded to his Turkish counterpart's Thursday remarks that Greece should compromise and share in the Eastern Mediterranean. "Greece is not going to take part in a dishonest and abusive compromise," Dendias declared on Tuesday in...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mocks Greece over Muslim Minority

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu wrote a tweet on Tuesday in which he not only called the Muslim minority of Western Thrace ''Turkish,'' but also used a derogatory tone against Greece, its President and its democracy itself. It all began...

Turkey Openly Disputes Greek Sovereignty of Aegean Islands

Turkey’s Foreign Minister on Wednesday openly disputed the sovereignty of several Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, claiming that their legal status has not been established in a definite way. Mevlut Cavusoglu asserted in a televised interview on CNN Turk...

Turkey's FM Cavusoglu Does Not Rule Out Greek-Turkish Joint Appeal to International Court of Justice

Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu did not rule out the possibility of a future joint appeal of Greece and Turkey to the International Court of Justice of the Hague, in order to solve their maritime disagreements in the region...

Turkish Foreign Minister Claims Greece Fired on Boats with Refugees; Greece Responds

The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Saturday strongly refuting the claims made by Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu that Greece has shot at boats carrying refugees. ''We categorically reject today's statements by the Turkish Minister of...

Cypriot, Turkish Foreign Ministers Clash in Public Over Reunification Talks (video)

A startling public exchange between Nikos Christodoulides and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the respective Foreign Ministers of the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey, took place in front of the press in New York on Monday. The two officials spoke together for more...

Turkey's Cavusoglu Repeats Threats to Annex and Open Cyprus' Ghost Town of Varosha

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu repeated on Thursday his threat that Turkey intends to annex and open to the public the ghost town of Varosha in the occupied part of Famagusta province on Cyprus. Speaking to the television network CNN Turk,...