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Kotzias: Turkey Realizes 'Greece is not Afrin'

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has warned Turkey it could lose a war in the Aegean, saying "Greece is not Afrin". In an interview with SKAI TV aired on Tuesday night, Kotzias said Ankara had realized that the cost of an Aegean...

Turkish Army Commander says his Forces Can Operate in Aegean and Afrin Simultaneously

The commander of the Turkish armed forces Hulusi Akar said that Turkey can  "conduct military operations in Afrin and the Aegean simultaneously" to secure national interests. The statement was reported by Turkish media on Friday, with Akar quoted as saying:...

Escaping Death in Syria and Marrying in Lesvos

The love story between Roukia and Mohammed, both Kurdish refugees from Syria, provides hope in the bitterness that looms over the refugee crisis. The life of Roukia and Mohammed resembles a fairytale. From escaping death in Afrin, Syria till Thursday...

Turkey's Top General Urges Greece Not to Make ‘Miscalculations’ in Aegean

Turkey's Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar has indirectly urged Greece not to make “miscalculations” amid a rise in tension between Turkey and Greece over the Aegean. “We can conduct operations in Afrin . We can conduct operations in ...

Greek Anarchist Group Attacks Turkish Consulate in Athens

Activists from the self-proclaimed anarchist group Rouvikonas have attacked the Turkish consulate in the Athens suburb of Psychiko. A group of 15 to 20 people went to the street where the consulate is located and began smearing the building's walls with...

EU-Turkey Summit Agenda: Greek Soldiers, Aegean, Cyprus EEZ

Greece expects to hear Turkey's position on the the two Greek soldiers issue and the provocations in the Aegean and Cyprus' EEZ, during the EU-Turkey Summit in Varna, Bulgaria on Monday evening. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said that he...

Anarchists Protest in German Consulate in Crete

A group of anarchists has stormed the German consulate in Heraklion, Crete and unfolded a huge banner with slogans against Turkey's military operation in Syria. According to reports, the assailants removed the German flag from the balcony. They also used the official...

Greeks 'Fighting Turks in Syria' TV Report Claims

A report by Turkish television network TRT alleges that Greeks are fighting on the side of Kurds against Turkish forces in Syria’s Afrin. The report comes at a period of heightened tensions between the two NATO allies over sovereignty of...

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...

Greece's Security Comes a Poor Second in NATO – Turkey Relations

NATO and Turkey are locked in an unhappy marriage, and Greece's security is paying the price. Since the start of the year, Greece's military has recorded dozens of airspace violations by Turkish aircraft. Added to this has been an escalating war of...

Are Greece and Turkey Really on the Verge of War?

The Aegean is heating up. Out of ten results produced by googling the words “Greece” and “Turkey” together, eight are related to current or past conflicts between the Aegean neighbors. In the meantime, four Turkish warplanes were reported in Athens’...

Erdogan Adviser Compares Greek 'Fly' to Turkish 'Giant'

An outspoken aide to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lambasted Greece, saying any conflict over the Aegean would be like "a fly picking a fight with a giant". Yigit Bulut made the comment on Turkish television as tensions between...

Erdogan Lashes out at Greece, Cyprus

  Turkey's president issued a thinly-veiled threat against Greece and Cyprus on Tuesday amid a series of incidents in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was addressing lawmakers from his ruling party in Ankara when he said: "Opportunistic attempts...

Top Erdogan Aide Threatens Greece Over Imia

A senior adviser to Turkey's leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said any foreign political or military official who steps onto the disputed Aegean islet of Imia will have their arms and legs broken. In an implicit threat to Greek officials...