Turkey

Criticized by European Commission about press freedom issues in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep T. Erdogan said (they) should be concerned about Greece first. Erdogan also criticized the treatment of Muslim minorities in Greece. Last week police in Turkey went practically...

Yesterday Mr. Pantelis Vingas, President of the Community of Neochori and representative of minority institutions in the General Directorate of Vakoufia, Ankara, was declared “Chief of the Great Church of Christ”, by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. After the service held...

A photo exhibition by Tasos Venetsanopoulos, titled “Istanbul, The Eternal Capital”, was inaugurated yesterday by President of Anadolu Education and Culture Foundation, Mr. Osman Kavala, at Cezayir Meeting Hall, Galatasaray, Istanbul. In his black and white photos, Mr. Venetsanopoulos...

A new book titled “İstanbullu Rum Ressamlar” (Greek Painters of İstanbul), by Mayda Saris- an αrt consultant- has been released. The book offers an extensive look at Greek painters either born in İstanbul or lived and worked...

Turkish Airlines “targets” the market of North Greece inaugurating direct flights from Thessaloniki to Istanbul in May. The aim of this step, which is regarded as a part of its general expansion policy, is to give the Greek economy...

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tαyyip Erdoğan accused Prime Ministr Papandreou of not keeping his word, concerning the election of mufti in western Thrace.  Referring to “anomies” of the past, he pointed out that he accepted to give the...

Bus transporting vacationers has overturned in western Turkey, killing four Greek citizens and seriously injuring five others. Greek consular officials in Turkey said the crash occurred early Friday, when the bus skidded off a slick road and overturned, near the...

The Greek consulate in the northwestern province of Edirne stated on Wednesday, that Turkey and Greece should support cultural activities in order to bring their nations closer together. Turkish-Greek Friendship Week began with a ceremony in the northwestern Turkish province...

Hygeia Diagnostic & Therapeutic SA, a Greek hospital operator, said its board approved the sale of a 50 percent stake in Genesis Holdings SA, which owns Safak Group’s four hospitals in Turkey, for $22 million. Hygeia still owns Safak and...

Doug Patterson’s works inspired by illustrating themes from Mount Athos and St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai will be presented at the Zografeion School in Istanbul. The British artist’s works are illustrations of monastic communities.  They are inspired by the...