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Turkey's leader has claimed "unilateral" moves by Cyprus' government in its offshore territory will create a security threat. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking in London at an event organized by the Chatham House think-tank. Chatham House Associate Fellow Fadi Hakura said the...

The two Greek soldiers being held in a maximum-security jail in Turkey could be freed after "intense pressure" has been brought to bear on the country's ruler, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This was the view of Greek Alternate Defense Minister Fotis Kouvelis...

Well, Trump has said it and has finally done it. To the dismay of his allies, he pulled out of the Obama - Iran nuclear deal. The stakes of military tension and threats of a mad war are raised...

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 Turkey analyst, Michael Daventry, told Greek Reporter this week...

One of the eight former Turkish servicemen who claimed asylum in Greece after Turkey's July 2016 coup attempt has been released from custody. The Council of State -- Greece's highest administrative court -- ruled on Thursday that the man should...

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 Papadimoulis was tweeting after European lawmakers voted...

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 series of meetings between the ruling Justice and...

Work has begun on a huge nuclear power plant in Turkey which could deepen strategic and political ties between Ankara and Moscow. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw a groundbreaking ceremony for the 35-billion...

Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan recited a verse from the Quran in honor of Istanbul's Ottoman conquerors in the Hagia Sophia on Saturday, describing the former imperial mosque and Orthodox cathedral as a "holy" place. Erdogan was speaking at the...

One of Turkey's largest collection of media titles is to be sold, sparking fears of a further erosion of the country's press independence. Reports in the Sozcu newspaper and elsewhere on Wednesday claim Dogan Holding chief Aydin Dogan has agreed...