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Compensation Awarded to 13 Greek Cypriots Forcibly Displaced During Turkish Invasion
According to the verdict of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued on November 2nd, 2010, Greek-Cypriots were forcibly displaced during the Turkish invasion in 1974.
Now the ECHR has decided that Turkey is obliged to pay millions of...
Europe
Fanis Gekas Officially Part of Turkish Samsunspor Football Squad
Greek football striker Fanis Gekas has officially become a player for the Turkish football club Samsunspor. After passing all medical exams and appearing before the Turkish team’s management, Gekas signed his new contract transferring him from the squad of...
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Orthodox Christians Celebrate Epiphany in Istanbul (video)
Orthodox Christian worshippers plunged into chilly waters across southern and eastern Europe on Friday to retrieve crucifixes in ceremonies commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ.
Hundreds of members of Istanbul's tiny Greek Orthodox community and tourists from Greece attended the...
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Turkish Police Arrest Two Men With Aphrodite Statue In Their Car
The Turkish Police have found a statue of Aphrodite that has been missing for years and dates back to the third century B.C., in Kırşehir, Turkey.
When the Anti-Smuggling and Organized Crime Bureau teams stopped a car on the Ankara-Kayseri...
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Turkish Airlines Euroleague Top 16 to Hold Greek-Turkish Basket-Battles
Greek-Turkish basket-battles will be taking place at this year’s Euroleague Turkish Airlines after the Top 16 Draw has been announced in Barcelona, Spain. All teams share the same goal: arriving in Istanbul in May with the chance to win...
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Teacher from Greece Fights Against Turkish-Greek Fascism
A Greek language teacher wishes to eliminate fascism between Greece and Turkey and thus offers Greek language and Turkish language courses in Thessaloniki, 2012 for groups comprised of members from both nations.
Michalis Kavouriaris, who is a Greek language teacher...
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Greek Carols in Istanbul
The principal of Zografio Greek School in Turkey, Yannis Dermitzoglou has organized a carol singing event for the second time in Istanbul, during which children from Zografio High School in Istanbul sang joyful Christmas songs.
The group of children holding...
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Lakis Vingas Re-Εlected as Minorities’ Representative at Turkish VGM
The General Assembly of the General Directorate for Foundations (VGM) elected its five members to represent the communal (cemaat), new (yeni) and connected (mulhak) foundations for 2011-2014 last Sunday, December 25.
150 candidates from 162 foundations have filed a participation...
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Former Turkey PM Claims Greek Fires Caused by Turkish Agents
The former Turkey premier, Mesut Yilmaz told 'Birgun' newspaper that during the premiership of Tansu Ciller, between 1995 and 1997, Turkish agents caused Greek forest fires.
Discussing secret budgets of the time, Yilmaz said that, “all premiers, when their tenure...
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French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe Says Turkey Does Not Have to Overreact
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Thursday that Turkey should not overreact after France's lower house of parliament adopted a draft bill criminalizing the denial of "Armenians'genocide."
"What I wish is that our Turkish friends do not overreact," Juppe...