Turkey

Hair-raising stories of atrocities by the invading Turkish Army troops in Cyprus, in 1974: they cut ears, drunk blood, raped,…

By SENER LEBENT Exclusively ΑΠΟΨΕΙΣ and HELLAS JOURNAL The decision by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in 2014, for 90 million €

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New Defence Min Apostolakis calls on Greece’s neighbours to make Balkans a region of stability

Newly appointed Defence Minister Evangelos Apostolakis on Tuesday called

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PM Tsipras: Prespes Agreement an important legacy of this government

Panos Kammenos, the leader of the junior member of the ruling coalition

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Turkey should move in the direction of peaceful co-existence, Alt. Defence Min Rigas says

Alternate Defence Minister, Panagiotis Rigas, on Friday sent a message

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Turkey’s actions are proof of its weakness, says alternate FM Giorgos Katrougalos

“Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ visit to Istanbul will take place when circumstances will make it effective, that is, if the conditions exist to further promote Greek-Turkish relations,” Alternate Foreign Minister Giorgos Katrougalos said on Thursday in Parliament.

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Kammenos responds to Erdogan: Greece neither provokes nor retreats from its sovereign rights

“Greece respects international law, protects its national sovereignty and seeks the co-existence of all based on international rules; it does not provoke but nor does it retreat a single step from its rights as laid out by treaties and international law,” Defence Minister Panos Kammenos said on Monday, commenting on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s […]

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Tzanakopoulos’ warning to Turkey: Greece will not negotiate its sovereign rights with anyone

It has been proved that the former ministers of the old political system were more interested in pursuing their own interests than serving the Greek state, government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Wednesday in an interview with public ERA radio.

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Athens warns Turkey: “The decision to extend our territorial waters is Greece’s sovereign right”

The decision to extend its territorial waters is Greece’s sovereign right, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexandros Gennimatas said on Tuesday, in response to press questions on official Turkish statements.

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Tsipras was sworn in as foreign minister: This is a historic day for Greece’s foreign policy, he says

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Greece’s foreign minister with a civil oath before President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos on Saturday, officially taking over the helm of the ministry from Nikos Kotzias, who resigned on Wednesday.

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History teaches us the value of peaceful coexistence, tells Prokopis Pavlopoulos to Turkey

President of the Republic Prokopios Pavlopoulos addressed a message to neighbouring Turkey on Sunday, while attending celebrations in Tripolis marking the 197th anniversary since the taking of Tripolitsa, during Greece’s war of independence from Ottoman rule.

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