The second round of elections in Greece took place on Sunday, June 25, ending two months of the election marathon. The result was no surprise. As predicted, the New Democracy Party, led by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, won 40.3 percent of the votes and 158 parliamentary seats, giving it the majority to form a government on its
European Commission’s 2022 Turkey observation report entered Turkey’s agenda and exited almost at the same time it was published, mainly because it carves the contentious issues in the EU’s favour and the righteous determinations and criticism of the report get to be officially ignored. While the penultimate statement in the report that “Turkey is a
“U.S. is impartial towards Greece and Türkiye,” US Ambassador to Ankara Jeffry L. Flake stated, following the tension between Greece and Türkiye escalated after 92 refugees found stripped at the border. “I have been asked recently if there has been a shift in U.S. security posture in the Aegean. The answer is no,” Flake said
One of the most difficult tasks in the Foreign Ministry must be the job of the spokesperson of the Ministry. When they appear in front of the press, the spokespersons have to give enough information to satisfy the journalists while at the same time not say anything about the essence of the matter, a mission
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday that Turkey will respond to the United States’ recent decision to lift the arms embargo on Cyprus “with tangible steps” accusing the US to escalate tensions in the island with the decision. “We will respond to the USA’s decision with tangible steps. As upon your (US’s) wish
Just as we breathed a sigh of relief that the activities of Turkey’s new drilling ship Abdulhamid Han has not caused a further crisis or muddied the waters of the Mediterranean, this time it was Greece that stirred up the waters in Turkish-Greek relations. Throughout last week, the Turkish Armed Forces reported three incidents where
Greek jets harassed Turkish F-16 aircraft, which were on NATO mission in the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Aug. 23. Turkey reported the incident to the NATO authorities and the military attaché of Greece was summoned to the Ministry of National Defence. According to the report, Turkish F-16 planes were harassed by
The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation on July 14 that can be regarded as living proof of the anti-Türkiye sentiment in the Congress. The House approved the measure with the amendment that would bar the U.S to sell or transfer the jets to Türkiye including a description of concrete steps taken to ensure that
Turkey will host Russian, Ukrainian delegations to solve grain crisis; Turkey, Russia, İran to meet in Tehran on Syria after US alleged that İran will give drones to Russia; UN agreed to extend authorization for cross-border aid; Fugitive Sezgin Baran Korkmaz to be extradited to USA… Here is what you need to know about Türkiye
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