Turkey

Greeks facing hard times in a crushing economic crisis are heading to Turkey to sell their jewelry, desperate for cash as more austerity measures are set to be imposed on workers, pensioners and the poor. A silversmith, who declined to...

Frantic to find cash in a crushing economic crisis, Greece has begun the selling-off of some of its diplomatic properties, putting its Consulate in the Turkish cit of Izmir on the market, the news agency Anadolu reported. The asking...

The President of the General Directorate of Foundations Council Lakis Vingas, of Greek origin, delivered a lecture on Turkey on Sept. 12 to students of the Department of History at Stanford, the prestigious university in California. They had visited Turkey...

Greek TV has been full of Turkish drama series for the past three years. Countless productions have been broadcast and the Greek audience seems to follow the histories and passionate lives of the protagonists with much interest, despite calls...

Turkish Airlines launched a new initiative to promote the city of Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, to Turkish tourists by sending a 13-member mission to Ankara headed by Utku Yazan, Chairman of Turkish Airlines, along with members of Greek tourist...

Famous Greek singer Angela Dimitriou has visited neighboring Turkey several times to perform on stage. Her last concert, thanks to the thousands of Turks who attended the show, proved her popularity once more. On Sept. 9, Angela Dimitriou along with...

At least 60 migrants, most of them Palestinian and more than half of them children, died after their overcrowded boat sank just tens of meters off Turkey’s western Aegean coast on Sept. 6, a district official said. Tahsin Kurtbeyoglu, Governor...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent a congratulatory message to the Fraternity, Equality and Peace Party (DEP) in Greece to mark the 21st anniversary of the group, which was founded by members of the minority community...

Greece was a favorite destination this summer for Turkish tourists, as 85,450 of them traveled mostly to Greek islands, while 75,189 chose Italy. Lesbos and Chios, two of the islands closest to Turkey, were the top picks and visits were...

One hundred Greek fans had the chance to meet their favorite Turkish actor in person when they traveled to Constantinople to see TV star Burak Hakkı, who has become popular with the Greek audience with his series Dudaktan Kalbe,...