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New Visa Dispute Sours Turkey-EU Ties

Within a matter of hours of Turkey’s new government being announced, a major dispute over visas erupted Wednesday between Ankara and the European Union, threatening one of the main foreign policy achievements of ousted prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu. Turkish President...

Tsipras-Erdogan Meeting at UN World Humanitarian Summit

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met on the sidelines of the UN World Humanitarian Summit being held in Istanbul. The men met for 50 minutes and focused on a number of issues, including...

Alexis Tsipras to Meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on May 23 in Istanbul

The meeting of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will take place on May 23 in Istanbul, according to sources. The meeting will be held on the sidelines of the World Humanitarian UN Summit and will focus...

Turkish Military Bases in Cyprus

Outside the entrance of the Military Academy in Ankara, a plaque displays for everyone to see the following wording: "Turklrin en Buyuk dusman Rus bir Yunan iki," which translates to, "The greatest enemy of the Turkish nation is a...

Turkey on Edge as Migrants Return

When the first boatload of deported migrants arrived Monday at the Turkish port of Dikili, a small group of Turkish human rights activists turned up to welcome them. Turkey is expecting to receive another shipment of 200 migrants deported from...

Sultan Erdogan vs Noam Chomsky as Turkey Tramples on Free Speech and Arrests Academics

Turkey’s military has been recently escalating vicious attacks against the Kurdish population under the pretext of fighting ISIS. Last week, a petition was circulated by Turkish academics condemning this. And rightly so. The petition was signed by more than...

Greece to Call a Summit on Refugees Issue with the Participation of Merkel, Erdogan

Greece will call a mini trilateral summit with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on the refugees issue, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in an interview with Mega TV late on Sunday. "We will take...

Tsipras Meets Erdogan in Paris

  Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had a brief meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Climate Change Conference COP21 in Paris, on Monday. According to a prime minister's office announcement, the two leaders said that the...

Greek PM Discusses Refugee Crisis with Turkish President

Following his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras also met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Wednesday. Tispras and Erdogan held a discussion on the refugee crisis and how the two neighboring countries can cooperate...

Greek Prime Minister to Meet with Turkish PM and the President in Turkey

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will meet with both Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his visit to Ankara on November 18th, Greek media reports. The primary goal of his state visit to Turkey is to discuss...