Greece

Greek police, on Thursday, released photos and names of nine suspected members of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) terrorist group, that were captured on Tuesday. Suspects from the group responsible for bombings and assassinations in Turkey, were allegedly planning...

Speculation is swirling in Greek local media that Tuesday’s arrests of nine Turkish nationals in a series of police raids could be linked to an impending visit by Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Eight men and one woman, allegedly part...

According to Greek police, an entire arsenal of heavy weapons was found on Thursday morning at a house in Sepolia, central Athens, during an ongoing operation by the Counter-Terrorism Service. Additional weapons were also found in another house in Exarchia,...

Turkey criticized Greece on Wednesday for acquitting nine people jailed before a 2017 visit by the Turkish president. They had been accused of plotting a coup while the President was on his visit. Turkey's Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said...

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Greece on Tuesday to cooperate in the repatriation of eight soldiers who fled to Greece following a 2016 coup attempt. Erdogan made the remarks in a joint news conference with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras...

Turkish media have reported that a Greek court has ruled for the extradition of a suspected ultra-left terrorist to Turkey. Hurriyet Daily News, citing a state-run Anadolu Agency report, claimed Turgut Kaya, a suspected member of the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front...

One of the eight former Turkish servicemen who claimed asylum in Greece after Turkey’s July 2016 coup attempt has been transferred from custody to a secret location. The Council of State — Greece’s highest administrative court — earlier this month ruled that...

One of the eight former Turkish servicemen who claimed asylum in Greece after Turkey's July 2016 coup attempt has been released from custody. The Council of State -- Greece's highest administrative court -- ruled on Thursday that the man should...

A man in Greek custody wanted by Turkey on terrorism charges will not be extradited, an Athens court ruled on Tuesday. Forty-eight-year-old Turkish national Naci Ozpolat was among a nine-strong group of suspected radicals detained by Greek counter-terrorism police late...

  A Greek court on Tuesday postponed a ruling on extraditing a terror suspect -- one of a group of nine detained late last year -- to Turkey. Forty-eight-year-old Naci Ozpolat was one of nine Turkish citizens arrested in December shortly...

Ankara accused Athens of backing terrorist organizations following the ruling of a Greek court Friday that refused to extradite a suspect wanted on terrorism charges to Turkey. In a statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said the decision, which was a "new...

Greek judges on Friday refused to extradite a suspect wanted on terrorism charges to Turkey. Mehmet Dogan, 60, was one of eight Turkish citizens detained in December shortly before an historic state visit by Turkey's leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The court...

Nine alleged members of Turkey’s far-left Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) were arrested by Greek police in an attempt to assassinate the Turkish President Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Greek daily To Vima reported. The sources added that the Greek police seized...

Greece doesn't know what to expect from this week's visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan; which is to take place in Greece after an invitation from Greek President Pavlopoulos'. The two men met in May at the 25th Anniversary...

Nine Kurds carrying Turkish passports were charged with terrorism-related offences on Wednesday, and accused of hoarding explosives and of links to an outlawed Kurdish militant organisation responsible for suicide bombings in Turkey. The arrest of eight men and a woman...