Eastern Mediterranean

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to his party's Parliamentary group on Tuesday and made several remarks regarding his country's drilling activities in the region of Eastern Mediterranean. ''We have four vessels in the region and we have taken our...

Turkish diplomats sent a ''non-paper'' to all EU capitals but Cyprus on June 16, warning them not to take sides on its provocative drilling actions inside Cyprus' Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). According to Cyprus' Fileleftheros newspaper, Ankara sent a...

  Speaking with Greece's Alpha TV on Monday afternoon, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called the behavior of the nation of Turkey ''erratic and aggressive'' and declared that challenges to Cypriot or Greek rights from Turkey ''will not be tolerated.'' The...

Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, warned Turkey once again on Monday regarding its illegal actions in Cyprus' exclusive economic zone (EEZ). The high-ranking official made her remarks during a...

Ankara issued a new NAVTEX recently, blocking off parts of the Eastern Mediterranean, some of which overlap with the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus. Turkey plans to send its ''Fatih'' vessel (which means ''Conqueror'') to the...

Colonel Tamer Zincir, an official belonging to the Turkish Defense Ministry, repeated on Monday the Turkish position regarding Ankara's rights to their so-called ''Blue Homeland.'' As IBNA news agency reported on Monday, Zincir was giving a press conference regarding the...

Greece and the United States are exploring ways to expand the presence of the US military and American weapons in Greece, according to Greek media reports on Monday. The two sides are attempting to consolidate the excellent relations between the...

During a visit on the Turkish-Syrian border on Saturday, the Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar sent an indirect message to Greece and Cyprus about their plans on the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean. Akar said that Turkey will not...

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis expressed his concern about Turkey's increasing provocations in the Aegean Sea during a news conference in New York on Wednesday night. Apostolakis said that an accident is possible due to Turkey's behavior in the Aegean...

Greek Defense Minister Evangelos Apostolakis warned on Monday that there is a chance of a serious accident occurring with Turkey in the Aegean Sea. His remarks were made while speaking to an Athens meeting of the sub-committees of NATO's Parliamentary...