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Turks Dancing the Syrtaki Dressed in Blue and White Causes Storm (video)
Some Turks have become enraged at the sight of the Greek syrtaki being performed at a festival at the Kadikoy district of Istanbul. The festival devoted to traditional dances from around the world was...
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Smiling Virgin Mary Fresco Puzzles Scientists
Scientists are debating if a fresco depicting a smiling Virgin Mary in the Gumusler Monastery in Turkey is original or the result of a restoration gone wrong. Carved into a large rock mass in the...
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European Lawmakers to Discuss Greek Soldiers Held in Turkey
The protracted detention of two Greek servicemen by Turkey for entering its territory illegally will be discussed at the European Parliament’s plenary session, convening from next Monday to Wednesday....
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Self-Exiled Greeks Return to Visit their Home in Istanbul
Istanbul’s Greek community has withered since the anti-Greek pogrom of 1955. Self-exiled Greeks returned for a visit to Istanbul this week decades after they were forced to leave their homes in fear of...
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Greece-Turkey Tensions Part of International Plot, Claims Columnist
Yeni Safak writer Ibrahim Karagul (far right) pictured with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. An opinion piece by a pro-government commentator in Turkey about tensions with Greece has raised...
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Cyprus Insists its Airspace Remains Safe
Cyprus‘ government has called for what it calls “illegal airports” on the island to close — a reference to the Tymbou (Ercan in Turkish) facility in the island’s Turkish-controlled zone. According to...
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Uber is a Terrorist Group and its Users are Traitors, Says Istanbul Taxi Boss
Irfan Ozturk, head of the Istanbul Taxi Drivers’ Union The ride-sharing firm Uber is a terrorist group born in the U.S. “where the traitors who shoot and kill my soldiers in Afrin bleed”. These...
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Former Turkish Prosecutor Arrested Trying to Flee to Greece
A Turkish former prosecutor has been arrested in Turkey’s northwestern Edirne province while trying to escape to Greece with his wife and children, Turkish media report. According to the Daily Sabah...
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Turkey’s Erdogan Calls Snap Elections
Turkey will hold snap parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24, it was announced on Wednesday. The revelation on state media confirms election rumors which had been swirling for days amid a...
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MEPs’ Vote to Free Greek Soldiers a ‘Slap’ to Erdogan
A Greek MEP has described the European Parliament’s overwhelming support for a call to release two Greek soldiers from a Turkish prison as a “loud slap to the Erdogan leadership”. SYRIZA MEP Dimitris...
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‘Anti-Greek Tropes’ Likely to Color Turkey’s Snap Elections
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hoping nationalist voters will return him as a much-strengthened president in the June 24 snap elections — meaning more clashes with Greece are likely. A U.K.-based...
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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Meets Turkish Leader
Photo released by the Turkish President’s office The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, early on Wednesday afternoon, at the presidential mansion in the...
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Turkey Arrests Leading Jihadist Planning to Flee to Greece
Turkish media report that the country’s secret services arrested a close associate of ISIL leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in the coastal town of Izmir as he was planning to flee to Greece. The suspect,...
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Turkish Town Hears First Orthodox Liturgy in 96 Years (photos)
A Turkish town has heard its first Orthodox liturgy in 96 years at a special religious service attended by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. The special service too place in a former Orthodox Church...
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EU Condemns Turkish Activity in Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean
Turkish military ship (file photo) EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on Friday condemned the ongoing, unlawful actions by Turkey in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean. In a response...
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Patriarch Bartholomew: Halki Theological School will Reopen Soon
The Halki Theological School will open again soon, according to the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Bartholomew commented on the school re-opening at a meeting with the delegation of the American...
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Turkey to Retaliate if US Halts Weapons Sales
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu (file photo) Turkey will retaliate if the U.S. enacts a proposed law which would halt weapons sales to Ankara, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said. A...
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Ancient Greek City in Turkey to Host Special Orthodox Service
The Basilica of St. John, Ephesus (file photo). A special Orthodox religious service is to be held on Tuesday in the ancient Greek city of Ephesus, in modern-day Turkey. The liturgy in remembrance of...
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#Tamam Trends Worldwide Against Turkey’s Erdogan
More than a million Turks took to social media to call out President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday, making the word ‘tamam’ (meaning ‘enough’) a trending topic worldwide after he promised to step...
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Greece’s EU Ambassador Accuses Turkey of Threatening War in the Aegean
Andreas Papastavrou (R) with Greek FM Nikos Kotzias (file photo). Greece’s ambassador to the EU has said Turkey is threatening the country with war and “casting doubts over the Treaty of Lausanne”. In...
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