Turkey

Greece and Cyprus Reject Turkish Maritime Claims as Cable Survey Vessel Heads Toward Kasos

Greece and Cyprus have issued separate maritime warnings rejecting Turkey's claims of authority over seabed surveys for the Great Sea Interconnector, escalating a diplomatic dispute as a French research vessel begins operations for the electricity cable linking Crete and...

Thousands of Turks Visit Thessaloniki to Honor Kemal Atatürk

Thousands of Turks rushed to Thessaloniki on Tuesday, November 10th, to honor the 88th anniversary of the passing of Turkey's leader, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Waving Turkish flags and singing traditional songs in his honor, Turkish nationals flocked to the house,...

EU Report Warns Turkey Over Aegean Violations, Cyprus and Libya Deal

The European Commission warned that Turkey's disputes with Greece and Cyprus remain a threat to regional stability, even as it acknowledged that Greek-Turkish relations have improved overall since 2023. In its annual progress report on Turkey, released Wednesday, the Commission...

Greece Is Now Turkey’s Third-Largest Neighboring Export Market

Greece was Turkey's third-largest neighboring export market in the first 10 months of 2026, receiving $2.8 billion in Turkish goods, according to trade figures released this week. Iraq led the seven-country group with about $7.5 billion in purchases, followed...

Ancient Bones Reveal Surprising Differences in Byzantine-Era Diets

Ancient DNA has revealed Balkan ancestry in a man buried at a Byzantine village in Turkey, while evidence from his bones suggests he ate much like his neighbors, according to a study published this year. The man, about 40...

Turkey Nominates OSCE Chief Feridun Sinirlioglu for UN Secretary-General

Turkey has nominated Feridun Sinirlioglu, head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The nomination, submitted on October 30 and announced the following day, puts an experienced Turkish...

New Muftis of Komotini and Xanthi Sworn In After Greece–Turkey Dispute

The new muftis of Komotini and Xanthi were sworn in at Greece’s Education Ministry on Friday, completing a selection process that drew competing statements from Athens and Ankara last week. Bilal Kara Halil took the oath as mufti of Komotini...

HALC Urges Rubio to Reject Turkey-Libya Maritime Deal

The Hellenic American Leadership Council is asking Secretary of State Marco Rubio to reject the Turkey–Libya maritime memorandum publicly, bringing Greek American advocacy into the dispute over Washington's response to its ratification. In a public letter addressed to Rubio, which...

Egypt Tells Turkey It Rejects Libya Maritime Deal Ratification

Egypt’s foreign minister told his Turkish counterpart Friday that Cairo rejects ratification of the 2019 Turkey-Libya maritime agreement, bringing the dispute directly into talks between the two countries in Istanbul. Badr Abdelatty reiterated Egypt’s position during an October 23 meeting...