Kurds

Turkey's Defence Ministry said that 174 "terrorists" were "neutralized" on Thursday in its cross-border military offensive in northeast Syria. Altogether it claims that 228 Kurdish militants had been killed since the start of the operation. The ministry on Friday also...

Turkey's invasion into Syria is a "big mistake," Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias declared late on Wednesday in an interview with public broadcasting network ERT1. Dendias added that Turkey has repeatedly made such mistakes over the last several years. He stressed that...

Turkey officially began its new military operations in Northern Syria, it was made public on Wednesday afternoon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced himself that his country began the long-planned operation, following the recent controversial decision of United States President...

A former MP for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in Turkey was arrested by Greek police in the northeastern border town of Orestiada on Wednesday, for illegal entry into the country. Leyla Birlik, 44, intends to apply for asylum...

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...

February 1999 was a month when relations between Greece, Turkey and the United States were put to the test, as the Greek authorities tried to hide the fugitive founder and leader of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan. The PKK...

Leftist and anti-establishment groups, and political committees of Kurds and Turks held a protest march in central Athens against the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on Thursday. The protesters shouted slogans such as, "The people do not need...

Greek counter-terrorism officers stormed three buildings in Athens on Tuesday making nine arrests. The raids at Neos Kosmos and Pagrati targeted suspects wanted on terrorist charges in Turkey. Greek media speculate that the raids targeted suspected members of the outlawed Kurdish...

Two Turkish citizens of Kurdish decent were arrested in the Greek-Turkish border at Evros river after they were found carrying around 1,600 bullets. The pair had set off from Germany and were headed for Turkey. They were arrested while attempting...

Three men of Iraqi origin holding British passports have been arrested in Alexandroupolis, northern Greece, near the border crossing with Turkey for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. The men were hiding the guns in a mobile home and another vehicle....