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Erdogan Appears to Seek Exchange of Greek, Turkish Soldiers

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan appears to have linked the fate of the two Greek soldiers being held in a Turkish prison with the eight former Turkish servicemen seeking political asylum in Greece. On his return from an EU-Turkey summit that took...

EU Calls on Turkey to Release Greek Soldiers Before Easter

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has called on Turkey to release the two Greek servicemen currently detained in Edirne. The statement was made during a joint press conference with European Council President Donald Tusk and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following the...

Erdogan: We Arm Ourselves Because We Have Bad Neighbors

"We developed a big armament industry because we have bad neighbors," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said this week, in a thinly veiled reference to Greece and Cyprus. According to Cyprus News Agency (CNA), Erdogan spoke at the Presidential Palace...

Erdogan Slams Greece, EU Again

"The European Union supported Greece during the economic crisis... But when Turkey has problems, they turn their back to us," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. Erdogan spoke to local officials at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, slamming...

Erdogan to Greece: 'You Nearly Became Salted Fish, But You Jumped into the Sea'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ratcheted up the tension against Greece with a speech in Sangarios (Sakarya), near a river where the Greeks lost a key battle in 1921 during the Greco-Turkish war. Erdogan was quoted as saying that: "Those...

Erdogan Angry at Moody's Credit Rating on Turkey, Slams Greece

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Moody's for downgrading Turkey's credit rating from Ba1 to Ba2 and accused the investors service for showing preferential treatment to Greece. The Turkish president accused Moody's for double standards and used his country's...

Erdogan's Top Adviser Warns of 'Hit' in Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean

Recep Tayyip Erdogan will order a strike in the Aegean at Imia if the Greeks set foot on the islets, the Turkish President's top adviser Yigit Bulut warned. "Do they want to test our determination? We are challenging Greece to...

No Drilling for Gas in Cyprus without Consent of Turkish-Cypriots, Erdogan says

There will be no gas drilling in Cyprus' waters without the consent of the Turkish- Cypriot side, said Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday. "Without the consent of the" Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus "and Turkey, no steps can...

Erdogan: Turkey Supports FYROM on Name Dispute

  Turkey's leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has backed Skopje over the name dispute with Greece, telling its visiting president Ankara's position on backing FYROM remains unchanged. President Gjorge Ivanov was in Turkey this week where he said issues of national identity,...

Cyprus Alerts UN over Newspaper Attack

Cyprus has expressed its concern over freedom of the press in the areas under Turkish military occupation, following the ransacking of the offices of a newspaper critical of Turkey’s president. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its...