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Excavations in Turkey Reveal Six Ancient Greek Statues
Over the weekend, six ancient Greek statues dating back some 2,000 years were discovered during excavations at the ancient Greek city of Magnesia, which is located in the current-day Aydin province of...
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Turkish Lira Slides Further as Trump Announces US Tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump has tweeted to confirm he will double steel and aluminum tariffs on Turkish imports as the lira crashed to 6.51 per dollar, putting pressure on President Recep Tayyip...
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Trump Signs Defense Bill Delaying Sale of F-35 Jets to Turkey
U.S. President Donald Trump has approved a defense budget bill that suspends the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Turkey. The $716 billion John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal...
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Shots Fired at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara (video)
Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the U.S. embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security post but causing no casualties, broadcaster CNN Turk reported....
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Report: Russian Spies Target Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew (video)
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I The News Agency Associated Press claims that found evidence from a hit list of 4,700 email addresses were supplied last year by Secureworks,...
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Top Six Greek Treasures in Turkey
There are many ancient Greek and Byzantine archaeological and historical sites in Turkey, attracting hundreds of thousands, even millions, of visitors every year. All of them are landmarks not to be...
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Turkish Navtex for Military Exercise Blocks Large Maritime Area West of Cyprus
A new Navtex for navy exercises issued by Turkey, blocks a large maritime area to the west of Cyprus on the Akamas – Peyia – Paphos – Pissouri route, less than seven nautical miles from the port of...
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Orthodox Church Announces the Name of a New Saint
Amphilochios Makris, an abbot of the historic Monastery of Saint John the Theologian is a new saint for the Christian Orthodox Church, according to the announcement made by the Ecumenical Patriarchate...
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Revamped Greek Consulate Opens in Turkey’s Izmir
Nikos Kotzias and Mevlut Cavusoglu inaugurate the revamped Greek consulate in Izmir Greece’s foreign minister Nikos Kotzias inaugurated on Tuesday the renovated building of the Consulate General of the...
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Greek Grocer’s Account Book From the 1880’s on Display in Turkey’s Museum
Bursa in Turkey, today A ledger that belonged to a Greek Grocer in Modern-day Turkey’s Mudania is being exhibited in Turkey’s Bursa Migration Museum. The 138 years-old book that was used to keep track...
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Ecumenical Patriarchate To Recognize Ukrainian Church’s Autocephaly Despite...
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, that is considered as First among Equals in the Orthodox Christianity, announced that it will start the procedure for the official recognition of the...
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Turkey’s Road to the EU Linked With the Solution of Cyprus Problem, German...
Photo by C.N.A. German Minister of Foreign Affairs Heiko Maas said Turkey’s road to the European Union is linked with the solution to the Cyprus problem, calling on the Turkish side to show a...
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5.2 Earthquake Hits Turkey; Tremor Felt in Cyprus
Turkey has woken up to a 5.2 magnitude earthquake rocking the country this morning, around 92km from the popular tourist city of Antalya on the south coast of the country. The quake was felt also in...
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Turkey’s Constitutional Court To Decide If Hagia Sophia Will Become A Mosque
The Constitutional Court of Turkey is due to decide on Thursday whether Hagia Sophia will be turned into a place of Muslim worship after an appeal made by a private organization called “Authority for...
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Turkey’s Constitutional Court Rejects Proposal For Hagia Sophia’s Conversion...
The Constitutional Court of Turkey decided that Hagia Sophia will not be turned into a place of Muslim worship after an appeal made by a private organization called “Authority for Historical Monuments...
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Russian Church A Step Closer To Split From The Rest of Orthodox Christianity
The Russian President Vladimir Putin with the Patriarch of Moscow Kirill – Photo by Ecumenical News The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church announced that it will end its participation in every...
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Greek Students Return to Turkey’s Imbros School in Record Numbers
A record rise in the number of students enrolled in the only Greek school on Imbros is proof that more Greek families return to the island, a Daily Sabbah report says. Imbros, now called Gökçeada, is...
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Ancient Greek Pithos Burials Unearthed in Turkey
Pithos burials have been discovered in the ancient city of Antandros, on the skirts of the Kaz Mountains, in the western province of Balikesir’s Edremit district, a Hurriyet Daily News report says....
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The Ecumenical Patriarchate Grants Independence To The Ukrainian Church
The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I The issue of independence of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine has been agonizing Orthodox Christianity the last few years. With Moscow strongly against it, and...
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Turkish Court Rules Release of U.S. Pastor Brunson
A Turkish court on Friday ruled that U.S. evangelical Christian pastor Andrew Brunson should be released from jail, putting an end to a diplomatic row between Ankara and Washington, Reuters says. The...
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