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Greeks Quizzed Over Erdogan 'Insult'

    Police in Greece have launched an investigation into three Greek nationals for allegedly insulting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media reports claimed Wednesday. The three suspects had allegedly put up posters bearing the Turkish leader's image and reading 'Not...

Rise in Migrant Flow Likely Retaliation of Turkish President over Asylum Seeking Soldiers

Only 24 hours after a Greek asylum committee granted asylum to one of the eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after the failed coup attempt in the neighboring country on July 2016, migrant flows from Turkey to islands...

Greece Between Rock and Hard Place over Turkish Pilot Asylum

Ankara continues to bully Athens after Greece's Supreme Court decision for the non extradition of the eight Turkish military men who sought political asylum in Alexandroupolis after the failed coup attempt in Turkey, on July 2016. The Greek court decided...

Greece Dismisses Turkey's Threats Over Asylum Row

Greece dismissed Turkish angry threats on Sunday over its decision to grant asylum to a soldier who Ankara accuses of involvement in the abortive coup against President Tayyip Erdogan in July 2016. Turkey said on Saturday the decision by a...

Erdogan Caught on Video Preaching 'We are All Turkey', to Young Students in Greece

A video emerged where Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is heard preaching to young students of a Muslim school in northern Greece about the Turkish motherland. The video; which was captured on a cell phone, is from Erdogan’s visit to...

Merkel, Juncker Promise to Provide Assistance at Greek Borders During Brussels Meeting

German Chancellor Angela Markel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pledged to offer assistance for the asylum services and with Frontex at the Greek-Turkish and Greek-Bulgarian borders during a quadrilateral meeting with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Bulgaria's premier...

Constantinople Expats Reply to Turkish President's One-Sided Allegations

The Association of Constantinople Expatriates sent a caustic open letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying that Ankara violates the rights of Greeks in Turkey, and that Thrace Muslims are respected by the Greek government. The letter came after the...

Turkish Opposition Leader: 18 Aegean Islands Under Greek Occupation

In an interview with a local newspaper, Turkish opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu attacked president Recep Tayyip Erdogan for choosing to dispute the Lausanne treaty and not the "18 Aegean islands the Greeks have under occupation." This is not the first...

Enthusiasm and Protests Mark Erdogan's Thrace Visit (video)

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan's highly controversial visit to the Thrace Muslim community, was marked by enthusiastic crowds and a few protests by the local community. Erdogan visited the Muslim community in Komotini; a town in northern Greece, which once belonged...

Turkish President Visits Greece to Promote his own Agenda, Greek Side Unprepared

Greek people still wonder what the purpose of the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Athens, was. Or rather, what would Greece gain from the official visit of a man who seems to be challenging Greece's territorial...