Military Coup

by Leslie Absher When I was just a baby, my father was sent to Greece for his first field assignment with the CIA. It was the summer of 1966 when we arrived, nine months before the military coup led...

The eight Turkish officials implicated for having taken part in the attempted coup in their country before escaping to Greece were sentenced to two months in prison on Thursday for illegal entry to Greece due to mitigating circumstances. Their...

Security checks have been heightened in the Aegean following reports from the Turkish media that fugitives from Turkey's armed forces were trying to reach the island of Symi in the wake of Friday's failed coup attempt. Greek state broadcaster,...

There are reports that two Turkish inflatable boats with an unconfirmed number of passengers have made their way to the Greek border island of Symi. The Greek side has been carefully monitoring the two dinghies making their way to...

Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias on Monday expressed his satisfaction at the joint statement being prepared by the EU General Affairs Council concerning the situation in Turkey, following Friday's failed coup attempt. In statements to Greek journalists, Kotzias said agreement...

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias chaired a meeting on the developments in Turkey following the failed coup attempt and safety in the region. Greece unequivocally condemned the coup attempt in Turkey during this meeting on Sunday, and it was stated...

A night of explosions, gunfire and tanks rolled along the streets of Istanbul on Friday in an attempted coup, however President Recep Tayyip Erdogan took charge and issued an announcement stating that the government had quashed the exertion and was in...

The President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades called for unity today in order to achieve the necessary conditions for a peaceful settlement of the long-standing Cyprus problem. In the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the April 21,...

During the past hours, the Greek media has been circulating a shocking German article from http://www.german-foreign-policy.com that argues than in Berlin, authorities are considering coup scenarios  and other ways to use armed forces to impose their will on Greece. The article is entitled “ On...