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Turkish Prime Minister Remarks on FYROM Name Dispute
Νea Dimokratia Party has accused the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tagip Erdogan of destabilizing relations, collaboration and peace in the Balkan peninsula and Southeastern Europe after the latter’s supportive declarations to FYROM on the name dispute with Greece.
Erdoğan was...
Europe
2000-Year-Old Road Unearthed in Ancient Troy
Road 35-kilometer-long and 2000 years old was found in the region of Canakkale between Alexandria of Troy and the sacred place of Sminthion.
Professor Davut Kaplan, the leader of the excavations, stated that the discovery of this excavation was not...
Europe
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Says Default Must Be Avoided
Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey Ali Babacan stated on Thursday that Greece should not be allowed to face a sovereign default because its massive debt.
Babacan emphasized that other Eurozone members could easily follow Greece once it declares that it...
Business
Τurkish Investor Regects Greek Islands as Profitable
Head of the Board of Directors of Turkish enterprise Fiyapi, Mr. Fikret Inan claimed that “Greeks should not get their hopes up that they might be in position of selling their islands. These islands do not favour investments. Furthermore,...
Europe
Turkish Ship Begins Oil Exploration Off Cyprus
Turkish frigates and warplanes on Tuesday escorted a research ship to begin oil and gas explorations off the divided island of Cyprus, retaliation for a similar move by the Greek Cypriot government, the research ship's captain said.
Cyprus is divided...
Europe
Conference on Turkish-Greek Relations
An International Conference is going to take place on the 27th -29th of September in Constantinople, jointly organised by Bahcesehir University and South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), titled “New Directions for Turkish-Greek Engagement in the Balkans...
Europe
Turkey’s Greek Schools on Verge of Closure
As a total of 16 million students, including primary and high school students, attended Turkey’s public and private schools in what was the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year last week, crowded classrooms were a problem in many of...
Europe
Zografeio Celebrates 118th Anniversary in Istanbul!
Zografeio used to have 45 students per class but today 45 is the number of the total school body. The only Greek school in Istanbul still open, Zografeio has functioned continuously since 1893.
On Septemeber 20th, it was the beginning...
Europe
A Greek Travel Guide to Istanbul
Constantinople, Byzantion, Poli, Istanbul. These are the names that Greeks usually use to refer to the once capital of Byzantium and today's largest city in Turkey. Istanbul is a multicultural, modern city, and an attractive tourist destination that offers...
Europe
Zografeion School in Istanbul to Celebrate 118th Anniversary
The Vice President of DEREE - American College of Greece, Mr. Nikos Georgiadis, will be the keynote speaker at the glorious celebration of the Zografeion school for its 118th Anniversary. The event will take place in Istanbul at the...