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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to respond to a map next to which his ally, Devlet Bahçeli, posed. The map depicted Greek islands and Crete as Turkish territory. The far-right nationalist Turkish politician...

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis called on the Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to engage in talks in order to deal with the "differences in a civilized manner." In a press conference held in Madrid following the NATO Summit,...

US President Joe Biden discussed “the importance of maintaining stability in the Aegean” with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to a White House statement issued after the meeting of the two leaders on the margins of the...

A senior Pentagon official confirmed on Wednesday that the US fully supports the modernization of Turkey's F-16 fleet, hours after Turkish President Erdogan agreed to lift the threat of a veto on Finland and Sweden joining NATO. As US President...

Turkey lifted on Tuesday its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join NATO after the three nations agreed to protect each other’s security. The breakthrough, ending a weeks-long drama that tested allied unity against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, came...

A number of tiles of the ancient marble floors in Hagia Sophia have been damaged by heavy machines used to clean the site, according to Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet. The historic building, which was built as a church in the Byzantine...

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg was accused by Greece's opposition on Tuesday of acting like "Erdogan's Ambassador" to the Alliance. PASOK-Movement for Change leader Nikos Androulakis criticized Stoltenberg for his statements on Turkey's provocations against Greece and the objections he...

The US State Department reacted with a strong message on Friday to the latest comments by Turkish President Erdogan about the Aegean islands. 

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned Greece on Thursday to stop arming the islands and threatened that Turkey will not hesitate to use its powers "stemming from international agreements." Speaking during the Efes-2022 military exercise held on the Aegean...

The United Nations has changed the Republic of Turkey’s country name at the organization from “Turkey” to “Türkiye,” following a request from Ankara for the change. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said that a letter had been received on Wednesday from...